Creativity 303
Later in his career he came to believe machines would become intelligent and this sort of intuitive thinking could be effectively 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 emanates from his unconscious rather than conscious thought processes. To optimize this he needs large uninterrupted blocks of quiet
John Cleese on Creativity
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