It’s not memorizing, it’s actually knowing and understanding the utility of diff...

RRWagner · 2024-07-31T01:23:44 1722389024

Exactly. And "synthesis" is the better word than "creativity". I wrote an essay about this very topic some years ago: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tbMTpkPWkkN8_KH2KSpteFsb.... (if you can't open Google docs, an older draft is here: https://rogerwagner.com/creativity.html)

shw1n · 2024-07-31T01:33:46 1722389626

Interesting -- hadn't heard of this synthesis vs creativity take before

I could see that -- agreed that "creativity" can be too blunt of a word to use for all situations

shw1n · 2024-07-31T01:31:49 1722389509

Thanks for reading!

Isn't learning which tools in the bucket fits the a problem best just memorizing a heuristic?

That's the point I'm attempting to make, that it's not blind memorization without context, but still memorization of a heuristic at its core

stoperaticless · 2024-07-31T19:31:48 1722454308

Probably you would have had more agreement, if you would have used a different word (though I’m not able to suggest that different word that captures the meaning I think you intended)

suzzer99 · 2024-07-31T05:17:35 1722403055

For me anyway, it's getting so familiar with something that your mind wanders and considers other possibilities.