Freitag, 28. Dezember 2018

Long paths of association:

"while [some] work implies that creativity is a process of random association, [other] studies ... pointed to another explanation more directly connected with intelligence: long paths of association. ... individuals who are more likely or more able to search longer paths through the network of associations in their mind can arrive at a connection between two ideas or facts that seems unexpected or strange to others. What appears to be random may not be random at all - it is just difficult for other people to see the association because they are not following as long a chain of associations."

Melissa A. Schilling

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"There is a path to the conclusions they make, but they fly down that path so fast that others don't see the route they have taken. Something that seems obvious to them may seem far-fetched to people who have not already followed all of the steps[.]"

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