Re: Creativity

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Ulmer 
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> "M. Ciumeica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Greetings, everyone.
> >
> > While I'm not a mathematician or a physhologist, I've taken cognitive
> > philosophy as a secondary course here at my university, and I've yet
> > to figure out the answer to a set of simple questions, which seem to
> > bother my teacher a lot:
> >
> >  What is creativity? How exactly do you define it, and how do you
> > simulate it? Is it purely random, or it is somehow linked to our
> > memory?
> >
> > So far, I wasn't able to produce a suitable answer to them. Maybe
> > someone here could help?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >  -- Mihai.
>
> The knowledge structure of an intelligent system consists of ten different
> context databases: Name, Authors, Purpose, Environment, Language,
> Configuration, Operation, Owners, Market, and Value. They are organized this
> way because life is a business. These ten databases are hyperlinked to each
> other by the understanding engines that carry out the purpose of the
> intelligent system.
>
> Some understanding engines are constantly looking for different ways to
> hyperlink the databases and new ways of hyperlinking are like new ideas that
> could make the system more efficient.
>
> Creativity is seen as these novel new linkages of existing knowledge that
> can then create new knowledge and new understanding engines.
>
> Dave...

The "charcoal" Dave.........don't forget the "charcoal""!!
--
David Longley