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Is imagination driven by personal experience or does having personal experience drive imagination?

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  1. free112 - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by free112 Apr 24th, 2010 at 8:30AM

    People with imagination detach themselves from realities of everyday life. I most certainly agree with pukirahe in children having the most imagination because they have the least in earthly experiences.

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  2. MysticMeerkat - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by MysticMeerkat Apr 23rd, 2010 at 6:22PM

    Wittgenstein said that the limit of imagination was language, so unless you have have experienced something (whether physically or moreover mentally) and you have developled language to describe it, then you wouldn't be able to imagine it. The famous example he gave was that of a Lion. If we could understand what a Lion was saying we still would not be able to understand him: because we don't live in the Lion's world (..or the Lion's limit of imagination)

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  3. Lrig1912 - 46-50 years old

    Posted by Lrig1912 Nov 9th, 2010 at 1:59PM

    Yes.

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  4. vx24 - 70+ years old

    Posted by vx24 Sep 7th, 2010 at 7:04AM

    Neither. It just is.

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  5. Caliper - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by Caliper Apr 23rd, 2010 at 7:47PM

    My life experiences in the work place have my imagination working overtime trying to develop easier ways to accomplish difficult tasks. My imagination does drive my experience at times when I desire a certain outcome. So I think it works both ways, but as sdl2u says, your question is asking the same thing twice, i.e. experience driving imagination.

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  6. MusicMouse - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by MusicMouse Apr 23rd, 2010 at 6:24PM

    HA HA....yeah! Imagination drives experiences.

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  7. Shuhak - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by Shuhak Apr 23rd, 2010 at 6:12PM

    My imagination isn’t driven by personal experiences (I don’t have that many). It’s mostly driven by depression. The more depressed I become, the more imaginative I become.

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  8. g9 - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by g9 Apr 23rd, 2010 at 4:55PM

    Neither , both comes from the parents ability to teach those characteristic to their children . Later by their sphere of influence .

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  9. pukirahe - 36-40 years old

    Posted by pukirahe Apr 23rd, 2010 at 4:50PM

    Personal experience is driven by imagination; children have stronger imagination than adults. The reason Christ loved children because their transparent imagination is not polluted wit earthly experience.

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  10. LifesCraziness - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by LifesCraziness Apr 23rd, 2010 at 4:48PM

    yes I agree.... most def!

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