Play is the mother of invention; necessity is the mother of engineering. Play opens the mind to original ideas and creations; necessity refines some of them for practical ends.
One example is how macaque monkeys playing with stones learned how to use them to crack shells and get food.,” according to the well-known English proverb. But is it really? I suggest here a revision, which I think has more truth: “Play opens the mind to original ideas and creations; necessity takes some of those creations and refines them for practical ends. Play takes us into the realm ofHere’s an example.
It would be interesting, I think, to examine the whole history of technology, from the wheel to the modern desktop computer, to see how the original insight that led to that creation arose. I haven’t yet done that research, but I bet that, in many cases, the insights arose in play.
At first, only juveniles played this way. Adults neither invented such behaviors nor imitated the young. However, younger juveniles imitated older ones in stone play, and stone players continued to play with stones when they themselves became adults. So, in later observations, adults as well as juveniles could be seen playing with stones, and new young macaques picked up the behaviors from their elders.
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