587 - Logical Reasoning

The crux of creativity resides in the ability to manufacture variations on a theme. If we look at the history of science, for instance, we see that every idea is built upon a thousand related ideas. Careful analysis leads us to understand that what we choose to call a new theme or a new discovery is itself always and without exception some sort of variation, on a deep level, of previous themes.
If all of the statements in the passage are true, each of the following must also be true EXCEPT:

1. A lack of ability to manufacture a variation on a previous theme connotes a lack of creativity
2. No scientific idea is entirely independent of all other ideas.
3. Careful analysis of a specific variation can reveal previous themes of which it is a variation.
4. All great scientific discoverers have been able to manufacture a variation on a theme.
5. Some new scientific discoveries do not represent, on a deep level, a variation on previous themes.