According to psychologist Nancy C. Andreasen, the average person will “quickly respond to situations based on what they have been told by people in authority.” A weird person, however, is less likely to either listen to authority or to understand social rules. “Creatives,” she says, “live in a more vague, fluid, nebulous world,” and although “a highly original person may seem odd or strange to others… [and] may have to confront criticism or rejection for being too questioning, or too unconventional”, this kind of social weirdness is exactly what leads people to creative breakthroughs.
