Editing Divergent Thinking (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Alternative Uses' (Calculating a Divergent Thinking score):'''
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def calculate_dt_score(ideas_list, categories_list):
    """
    Score = Fluency (Number) + Flexibility (Categories)
    """
    fluency = len(ideas_list)
    flexibility = len(categories_list)
    
    total_score = fluency + (flexibility * 5) # Weighting flexibility more
    
    if total_score > 50:
        return f"Score: {total_score} | LEVEL: Master Innovator."
    elif total_score > 20:
        return f"Score: {total_score} | LEVEL: Creative Thinker."
    else:
        return f"Score: {total_score} | LEVEL: Conventional Thinker."

# Person A: 10 ideas, but all in 1 category (Building)
print(f"A: {calculate_dt_score(['Wall', 'House', 'Path'], ['Building'])}")
# Person B: 5 ideas, but in 5 different categories
print(f"B: {calculate_dt_score(['Paint', 'Doorstop', 'Weapon', 'Gift', 'Toy'], ['Art', 'Utility', 'Safety', 'Social', 'Play'])}")
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; Divergent Landmarks
: '''The 3M 'Post-it' Story''' → A scientist was looking for a "Strong glue" (Convergent) but found a "Weak glue" and used "Divergent Thinking" to find a billion-dollar use for it.
: '''NASA's 'Apollo 13' CO2 Filter''' → When the astronauts were dying, the engineers on Earth used extreme divergent thinking to "Build a filter out of socks, tape, and a plastic bag"—saving the mission.
: '''Edward de Bono's 'Six Thinking Hats'''' → A tool used by companies to force employees to "Switch" their thinking style (e.g., the "Green Hat" is for pure divergent thinking).
: '''The 'Paperclip' Study''' → A famous longitudinal study showing that 98% of 5-year-olds are "Creative Geniuses" in divergent thinking, but that number drops to 2% by the time they are 25. (Does school "Kill" creativity?).
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