I have never been selected for a focus group, solicited for a survey, probed, poked or queried for a scientific study.

I do receive phone calls asking for contributions to slightly shady causes. I'm pretty sure that doesn't count. And while being lauded for filling out my census form, I know that doesn't count either.

The latest study I wasn't included in was measuring creativity. Really. 

Scientists are spending their energy looking into the neurology of inspiration. Who are these people? Sensors measuring brain activity to define creativity? 

One of the definitions of creativity was "the ability to restructure one's understanding of a situation in a nonobvious way." 

Alrighty then. If that's the definition here's my vote for one of the creative thinkers of all time. 

The individual who shucked the first oyster, added some mignonette sauce, and sucked it down. I am pretty sure, however, he didn't make the cut for the study either.