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<p>Die Seite wurde neu angelegt: „ == Reference == Harold Cohen: Driving the Creative Machine. Orcas Center, Crossroads Lecture Series. == DOI == == Abstract == A few weeks ago I found myse…“</p> <p><b>Neue Seite</b></p><div><br /> <br /> == Reference ==<br /> Harold Cohen: Driving the Creative Machine. Orcas Center, Crossroads Lecture Series. <br /> <br /> == DOI ==<br /> <br /> == Abstract ==<br /> A few weeks ago I found myself in my habitual pre-writing condition, wondering,<br /> that is, how long I could put off making a start on this talk, when – a gift from<br /> heaven! -- there was Thomas Friedman, in his Op-Ed column in the New York Times,<br /> writing about creativity – more precisely, about a Newsweek article about creativity.<br /> New York Times? Newsweek? Wow, I thought, is everyone talking about creativity<br /> these days?<br /> “To be creative requires divergent thinking (generating many unique ideas) and<br /> then convergent thinking (combining those ideas into the best result).”<br /> So says Newsweek. But if that&#039;s all there is to it, how come we don&#039;t see creative<br /> behavior all around us? Ah, well, of course there&#039;s the divergent thinking bit. Where<br /> does divergent thinking come from? Friedman is clear about that, though:<br /> “It comes from being exposed to divergent ideas and cultures and people and<br /> intellectual disciplines. As Marc Tucker, the president of the National Center on<br /> Education and the Economy, once put it to me:<br /> “One thing we know about creativity is that it typically occurs when people who<br /> have mastered two or more quite different fields use the framework in one to think<br /> afresh about the other. Intuitively, you know this is true. Leonardo da Vinci was a<br /> great artist, scientist and inventor, and each specialty nourished the other. He was<br /> a great lateral thinker. But if you spend your whole life in one silo, you will never<br /> have either the knowledge or mental agility to do the synthesis, connect the dots,<br /> which is usually where the next great breakthrough is found.” “<br /> Sounds very authoritative, and you might suppose that I&#039;d agree, given that I&#039;ve<br /> spent half my life trying to get a computer program to do what only rather talented<br /> human beings can do. But, in fact, I don&#039;t know, intuitively or otherwise, that what<br /> he&#039;s saying is true.<br /> Citing Leonardo to make a point is a bit like yelling a slogan at a political rally; you<br /> can&#039;t argue with Leonardo. Actually, Leonardo was a single example of the<br /> Renaissance ideal of the Universal Man – the educated individual who could turn his<br /> head and his hand to anything. So were Giotto and Piero dell Francesca and Raphael<br /> and Donatello and Brunelleschi and Michelangelo and Giorgioni and whoever else<br /> you care to name. That isn&#039;t what Tucker&#039;s addressing, though; he&#039;s talking about<br /> the 20th century Specialist; specifically, the atypical one who crosses the boundaries<br /> of his own specialty. Two specialisms do not a broad education make, and even with<br /> their broad education you&#039;d have a hard time finding evidence that Piero&#039;s design of<br /> 1public events nourished his painting; or that Giotto&#039;s painting influenced his design<br /> of the campanile in Florence; or that Leonardo&#039;s expertise in painting led to his<br /> invention of a non-functional helicopter. Where, exactly, was the next great<br /> breakthrough in these cases? Did Leonardo invent a helicopter that could paint<br /> landscapes? ...<br /> <br /> == Extended Abstract ==<br /> <br /> == Bibtex == <br /> <br /> == Used References ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> === Full Text === <br /> http://www.aaronshome.com/aaron/publications/orcastalk2s.pdf<br /> <br /> [[intern file]]<br /> <br /> === Sonstige Links ===<br /> http://www.aaronshome.com/aaron/publications/index.html</div>

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