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What is creativity, really?
Too many artists, scientists, and writers talk about their creative process as a blackbox—an ephemeral spark that’s difficult to explain and impossible to predict. But it’s not. Boden is one of the most influential cognitive scientists to think about creativity through a computational lens. Her work is rooted in the... See more
Too many artists, scientists, and writers talk about their creative process as a blackbox—an ephemeral spark that’s difficult to explain and impossible to predict. But it’s not. Boden is one of the most influential cognitive scientists to think about creativity through a computational lens. Her work is rooted in the... See more
Rhea Purohit • A Science-based Guide to Thinking Creatively—With LLMs
Long practice teaches an artist to direct their gaze in an unusually focused way; it trains them to repurpose areas of their brain; and it changes the very structure of the brain’s neural networks. Ocean’s unusual patterns of thought – and his unusually developed brain – were normal in trained artists. Other neurological researchers have shown that
... See moreRoland Allen • The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
- Divergent and Convergent Thinking: Creative thinking is a two-part process involving divergent thinking (generating novel ideas) and convergent thinking (narrowing down to the most useful idea).
- The Role of the Control Network:
The "control network" plays a crucial role in this process by enabling flexible thinking, inhibiting distractions, and