Creative inspiration, rather than careful planning, often results in the best solution to a problem.

Creative inspiration, rather than careful planning, often results in the best solution to a problem.

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Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many problems that have been faced and resolved. In many cases either  careful meticulous planning  or  creative inspiration was being used. Planning requires one to have a set of pre-meditated steps that must be followed to accomplish a certain task where as creative inspiration relies on random spontaneous thoughts, might be a solution to a problem. There are specific circumstances when creative inspiration succeeds and other times careful planning is necessary.

First consider a situation in which careful planning will result in a best solution to a problem. For example, during World War II, for the Allied Powers to dismantle the Axis of Evil a strategic plan was carefully thought out by General Dwight Eisenhower and other Allied Military personnel. With only strategic planning and cooperation by all Allied nations was Operation D-day successful in ending the occupation for the Axis of Evil. Likewise, in the field of education a student desiring to go to medical school can not just go and attend medical school. They must follow a strategic plan and go through a set of steps to reach their goals. In most cases, students register and prepare to take the MCAT, then soon after applications are filled out, interviews take place. Interviews then determine if a student  was accepted or rejected. Another example that requires planning is that of in the   in hopes to get an interview from a medical school. Once a medical student is accepted, further advanced planning is necessary for successful transition from home to the Medical school environment. Lastly, in the recent efforts by US military in an undercover mission in Pakistan has resulted in the capture and death of the most wanted terrorist responsible for the 9-11 attacks on the US. Under Commander in Chief Obama, and other top military personnel strategic planning and guile was in place for capturing Osama Bin Laden. With secret informants throughout Pakistan, the US army was able to use careful planning and strategic tactics to successfully capture Osama Bin Laden and stage a surprise attack. Therefore in most cases that go after a set deadline or goal, strategic planning is successful.

On the other hand, there are situation in which creative inspiration and artistic thought result in the best solution to a problem. For example, in the 1950s the medical field was baffled by a new enemy not encountered by any medical professional and was taking multiple lives, known as HIV. HIV was a remarkably different disease than any other disease encountered in the past and could not be treated in the normal fashion of antibiotics because HIV was very resistant and continued replicating. In response to the growing number of deaths, many doctors and researchers raced to find a cure and began studying the disease in great detail. Eventually, novel drug known as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor was developed. This drug was immediately administered to HIV patients, lo and behold, the reverse transcriptase  inhibitor was a very potent drug that lowered the incidence of HIV in T4 titres. Another example, is of Archimides in Ancient Greece. Whilst bathing, so the legend states, the intellectual giant Archimedes shrieked “Eureka!” as he conceptualized the idea of buoyancy in his bathtub which later had major implications in irrigation and hydrodynamics.

All in all, it is circumstantial in whether creative inspiration of careful planning results in a better solution. If a problem was encountered before then it is best to use careful planning to reach the goal as in the case of Dwight Eisenhower and President Obama, to successfully bring the enemy to justice for their atrocities. On the other hand, when an enigmatic case such as HIV shows up, creative inspiration and luck may succeed and is based on probability without any planning. Although careful planning is mostly successful, creative inspiration is rarely successful and people to find a balance between these two extremes to solve problems encountered.