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The Nature of Creativity

The Nature of Creativity Kybernetes 21,2 The article by Przystupa (Kybernetes, Vol. 20 No. 3, 1991, pp. 42-8) and many others address the problem of creativity. The first point which must be made is that the second law of thermodynamics imposes an absolute objection to creativity except by chance. There are three situations in the universe where creativity exists and it is important to realize that they all use the same procedure. They are: • human creativity; • evolution by natural selection; and • Monte-Carlo calculations in the computer. A fourth might be added, namely the production of antibodies by the immune system. In each case you require a random function generator, a memory, and a filter in a loop. The delta procedure in neural computing is the same thing under a different name. The memory produces the best solution to date, the random function generator adds something to it and the filter tests the new solution and decides whether it is any better than the previous one. If it is, the new solution takes the place of the old one in the memory, and the cycle starts again. I cannot think of any other way of solving problems, but I would like to hear from anyone who can suggest some other way. The whole process of Evolution by Natural Selection has been studied in great mathematical detail by the geneticists — even Newton's method of calculating roots is a method of this kind. If you look at the night sky you see no "grass"; the human brain is remarkably free from noise. So where is the source of the random function? I can only suggest the anterior part of the corpus callosum which is twisted like the fibres of a rope, so that information may be randomized as it is passed through it from one side of the brain to the other. Brennig James Cherry Orchard, Marlow Common, Bucks SL7 2QP, UK Tel: +44 628 483509 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Kybernetes Emerald Publishing

The Nature of Creativity

James, Brennig
Kybernetes , Volume 21 (2): 1 – Feb 1, 1992
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Kybernetes 21,2 The article by Przystupa (Kybernetes, Vol. 20 No. 3, 1991, pp. 42-8) and many others address the problem of creativity. The first point which must be made is that the second law of thermodynamics imposes an absolute objection to creativity except by chance. There are three situations in the universe where creativity exists and it is important to realize that they all use the same procedure. They are: • human creativity; • evolution by natural selection; and • Monte-Carlo calculations in the computer. A fourth might be added, namely the production of antibodies by the immune system. In each case you require a random function generator, a memory, and a filter in a loop. The delta procedure in neural computing is the same thing under a different name. The memory produces the best solution to date, the random function generator adds something to it and the filter tests the new solution and decides whether it is any better than the previous one. If it is, the new solution takes the place of the old one in the memory, and the cycle starts again. I cannot think of any other way of solving problems, but I would like to hear from anyone who can suggest some other way. The whole process of Evolution by Natural Selection has been studied in great mathematical detail by the geneticists — even Newton's method of calculating roots is a method of this kind. If you look at the night sky you see no "grass"; the human brain is remarkably free from noise. So where is the source of the random function? I can only suggest the anterior part of the corpus callosum which is twisted like the fibres of a rope, so that information may be randomized as it is passed through it from one side of the brain to the other. Brennig James Cherry Orchard, Marlow Common, Bucks SL7 2QP, UK Tel: +44 628 483509

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Published: Feb 1, 1992

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