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lation, the computer would examine the state machine, look up the state in the instruction book and put the machine into its new state. If you recall Searle’s Chinese Room, this is the same process the man in the room followed: get a symbol, look it up in a book, and reply with the corresponding symbol.

head at the same time, and this requires deep concentration. To get some idea of the creative process at work, listen to the excellent TED lecture by John Cleese. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015960 Software 271 A common and costly mistake is to put off thinking about a class of things you are going to need in the next

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ively performed by a computer. As you know, I don’t agree with his later viewpoint. Another person who has thought long and hard about creativity is John Cleese, the comedian and actor. He describes the process wonderfully in a number of talks which you can find on YouTube. He finds a lot of his creativity em

te’s Assertion —- That communication of understanding exceeds the capability of many presentation tools, particularly PowerPoint. Chinese Room - John Searle’s paradox challenging the idea that understanding can be mechanically simulated. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016091 402 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? . Body

, 257, 309 convergent thinking 300 design tradeoff 311 divergent thinking 298 Eureka moment 302 incubation 301 innovator’s dilemma 306 intimation 301 John Cleese on 303 knowledge and 141 mathematical creativity 309 mechanical steps 141 non-linearity of 311 preparation 301 process 133, 270, 305 process versus 3