Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G, below.

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The origins of creative behaviour

The traditional view of scientific discovery is that breakthroughs happen when a single great mind has sudden . Although this can occur, it is not often the case. Advances are more likely to be the result of a longer process. In some cases, this process involves , such as Nicholson’s theory about proto-elements. In others, simple necessity may provoke innovation, as with Westrope’s decision to modify the position of his riding stirrups. There is also often an element of , for example, the coincidence of ideas that led to the invention of the Post-It note. With both the Law of Natural Selection and the Law of Effect, there may be no clear involved, but merely a process of variation and selection.

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A. invention

B. goals

C. compromise

D. mistakes

E. luck

F. inspiration

G. experiments

Insight or evolution?