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StarTalk Radio

Making Stuff, with Adam Savage

May 28, 2024
48:40
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice talk to Adam Savage about creativity, MythBusters, accidental discoveries in science, making things out of Duck Tape, the importance of tools in future inventions, embracing failure in the creative process, and the roots of creativity and genius.
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Quick takeaways

  • Embrace failures as learning opportunities to fuel creative success.
  • Sometimes secrets are kept for responsible innovation and societal benefit.

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The Creative Discovery Process

New ideas cannot be quantified by time. Inspiration is drawn from various sources, including standing on the shoulders of giants like Newton. Iterative processes involve wrong turns that lead to creative success, emphasizing the importance of embracing failures as learning opportunities.

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