Speculation and inspiration.. What's the difference?? (1 Viewer)

[baby G]

In the elective statement it refers to imaginative journeys as having elements of 3 things
a) Imagination
b) Speculation
c) Inspiration

But i can't see the difference between speculation and inspiration. To my understanding, speculation is thinking about something... and inspiration is thinking about something. ... can some body please explain this to me?

 

[Nullz]

Speculation: Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.
Inspiration: Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.

Thats from dictionary.com..but im not sure if it makes it harder or easier :S

 

[silentprayer]

my understanding of speculation is that it means gathering up all your known information and make a hypothesis or assumption of something that is surreal/imaginative by using your known information and these information are mostly real and not imaginative.

and the definition of inspiration is pretty straight forward as defined by Nullz

 

[ymerej]

Speculative - usually Sci Fi

 

[shez woz]

inspirational is like lime-tree bower. inspirational to the character or audience, putting them in a better state of mind.
speculative is more like contemplating how bad the future will be. ie: dystopic fiction.
i think.

 

[fnkychk]

This is what I think:

To speculate is to think about things that you don't know the truth about or outcome of (some sort of unresolved issue), and usually to consider possible scenarios.

Inspiration is when a person is given ideas about the unresolved issue, but unlike with speculation, this idea usually results in positive consequences. The inspiration is whatever led them to the idea.

 

[bananasmoothy]

speculative is more like contemplating how bad the future will be. ie: dystopic fiction.
i think.

Not necessarily. One can contemplate the meaning of life, and both good AND bad outcomes of different events, etc.

...

But I could be wrong...


I think speculating is more weighing up the different outcomes of a certain event, and considering these different outcomes and what each can lead to (whether these outcomes be good OR bad).

This is what I think:

To speculate is to think about things that you don't know the truth about or outcome of (some sort of unresolved issue), and usually to consider possible scenarios.

Inspiration is when a person is given ideas about the unresolved issue, but unlike with speculation, this idea usually results in positive consequences. The inspiration is whatever led them to the idea.

PERFECT.