Computational Evidence that Self-regulation of Creativity is Good for Society · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1408.2512/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTComputational Evidence that Self-regulation of Creativity is Good for Society — mentioned by pellahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9019589urn:hackerpapers:mention:1408.2512:9019589Mon, 09 Feb 2015 03:21:38 GMT<p>#1. &quot;Evil Genius? How Dishonesty Can Lead to Greater Creativity&quot; Psychological Science published online 18 February 2014 &quot;Abstract: We propose that dishonest and creative behavior have something in common: They both involve breaking rules. Because of this shared feature, creativity may lead to dishonesty (as shown in prior work), and dishonesty may lead to creativity (the hypothesis we tested in this research). In five experiments, participants had the opportunity to behave dishonestly by overreporting their performance on various tasks. They then completed one or more tasks designed to…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1408.2512/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY