In a longitudinal test of creative potential, a NASA study found that of 1,600 4- and 5-year-olds, 98 percent scored at “creative genius” level. Five years later, only 30 percent of the same group of children scored at the same level, and again, five years later, only 12 percent. When the same test was administered to adults, it was found that only two percent scored at this genius level.

According to the study, our creativity is drained by our education. As we learn to excel at convergent thinking–or the ability to focus and hone our thoughts–we squash our instinct for divergent, or generative, thought. The 5-year-old in us never goes away, though. Here are four ways to rediscover your creative genius.

https://www.inc.com/rohini-venkatraman/4-ways-to-get-back-creativity-you-had-as-a-kid.html

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-iq-scores-1970s.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/13/health/falling-iq-scores-study-intl/index.html

https://twentyonetoys.com/blogs/teaching-21st-century-skills/creative-genius-divergent-thinking

https://medium.com/@connect_75384/the-end-of-education-94f3a39fe97c

Should I stop here?