Books that present theories out of the mainstream, don't always fit into the recognized systems of labels very comfortably ;-)
Such books may indeed not sell well, but short-term profitability is not a good way of judging the soundness of a set of ideas. I'll try my hand at a summary phrase you might understand: "I view human-style creativity as an emergent phenomenon that arises in certain complex systems due to their internal self-organization/autopoiesis/evolution and their coupling with the world. I view it as related to the emergent phenomenon of "self", and in cases of extreme creativity, related to the phenomenon of "subselves" (so that intense creative activity may be carried out by a dedicated subself). I view the dynamics of creativity as a balance between dynamics of autopoiesis and evolution in self-reinforcing/self-generating mental subsystems. Intuitively, I validate this idea by comparing it to the reported subjective experiences of creative people throughout history. Computational algorithms like genetic algorithms and attractor neural nets, and mathematical phenomena like Mandelbrot sets, are in some ways analogous to some aspects of the dynamics of human-style creativity, though there are also significant differences." That is not a label but maybe gives you some idea of my direction of thought. The ideas presented in Complexity to Creativity are followed up more extensively in The Hidden Pattern. -- Ben G On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ben: I don't have time to summarize all that stuff I already wrote in > emails either ;-p > Ben, > > I asked you to "at least *label* what your "explanation" of scientific > creativity is.. Just a label, Ben. Books that are properly organized and > constructed (and sell), usually do have clearly labelled theories, which > they hang their book around. It isn't clear what your book's is. > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
