This is beautiful. Learning is not "gathering information," it's "eliminating assumptions!"

@kennethgarcia25

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is an assumption! Everything is an approximation. The brain "interprets" and then encodes/processes that interpretation of what has been experienced based upon the internalized model it has that has been assigned labels/nodes within a representative graph of associations, dependencies, etc... (ie definitions) for that which is salient to the organism's goals. It is only when one requires a more "perfect" or precise understanding to achieve a more demanding outcome that we work towards greater precision... a more approximate truth. We learn through successive approximations!

@rjnewton7325

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, we eliminate assumptions by gathering information, but in a nutshell you have the right idea

@piehound

2 жыл бұрын

Opinion noted. It's neither gathering facts nor eliminating assumptions. " Learning " is partly dependent on semantics also. Therefore it's more complex than most of us wish to admit. For me it has been a life long struggle to adapt to changing conditions. Add that to your ideas about " learning. " Simply one thing or another it is not.

@kennethgarcia25

2 жыл бұрын

@@piehound it is a frequent pattern where an individual appreciates the validity of an alternate perspective. But then jumps onto that bandwagon abandoning their former mode of transport. It is like those optical illusions where you see a rabbit or a duck. It can be difficult to resolve the mixed rabbit-duck as some entirely new prospect or accept that there also exists a transitional state. Yet breaking with the dichotomy in other instances may not be so challenging. Since certain optical illusions don’t work in every culture, it must have to do with how the specific cultural knowledge in a particular society is encoded.

@jhansipambal.

Жыл бұрын

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"Nothing interesting begins with knowing" Deep and true

@richardbarnes3757

2 жыл бұрын

Hang on. I’m not certain about that…..

@snoozyloco3371

2 жыл бұрын

i will listen to an old m.j album because i "know" i like it.....................r u trying to say m.j isnt intresting ........big madd

@bilalmalik2315

2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily true, we can be interested in many things that we know to be as is.

@angellohector

2 жыл бұрын

@@snoozyloco3371 q

@arabcadabra8863

2 жыл бұрын

​@@snoozyloco3371 "Knowing" is not necessarily the truth. Someone else may know that M.J. is terrible. Why do two different people who hear the same sounds have differing opinions about those sounds? I don't know. It's interesting. Listening to a song that you know you like is not as much interesting as it is comforting.

Got really good in the second half. "Our brain can only move in small steps, not giant leaps." It's so hard to remember that when you're disagreeing with someone, or trying to motivate them to change.

@Messi10947

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great insight. So it's all about the small steps no matter what you are doing

@frv6610

2 жыл бұрын

When we try bigger steps we feel crazy or scared and sceptical and we want to go back to comfort zone of small steps.

@ericahlschlager3225

2 жыл бұрын

I really like this, same as when that someone is 'you'.

@sanikasuryawanshi4463

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so true

@thomasbrandoras5278

2 жыл бұрын

If I think about it, I believe that this is also why wisdom cannot be taught through words but rather only be obtained through experience

Wow I wonder how can he explain this abstract complex concept so fluently. Not even stoping to think for a second. This is crazy.

@themaggattack

7 жыл бұрын

Daniil Dimitrov ...Pretty sure he just came off a 2 day peyote trip or something like that. He doesn't need time to think, his vision is clear. (His eyes may be red, but his mind is ripe!)

@crimfan

6 жыл бұрын

Lots of practice and the magic of editing. :)

@MichaelCavano

6 жыл бұрын

The answer to that question is in the video. I.e., it seems like a broad and "out there" concept requiring significant mental acrobatics to you or I as the observer, but he's really just conveying what formed as a natural progression of ideas to him. So, to him, he's just telling you about something he understands as well as anyone can describe how to get from A to B after having just walked the path (or walked it numerous times).

@chrismarklowitz1001

6 жыл бұрын

The irony of is that his brain is making the next logical step. Whereas to us it seems like genius unthinkable

@Sylfa

6 жыл бұрын

Lots and lots of jump-cuts in it, also it's not live, I'm sure he practiced what to say in advance of starting recording, anyone would.

Here is an unpopular opinion: Creativity thrives when your freedom is restricted, and uncertainty is good for creativity given that most of the other areas of your life are certain (in order). Unlimited freedom kills creativity and results in mediocre outcomes.

@robertimmanuel577

3 жыл бұрын

Nietzsche said something similar about geniuses, "The prisoner's wits, which he uses to seek means to free himself by employing each little advantage in the most calculated and exhaustive way, can teach us the tools nature sometimes uses to produce a genius. Nature traps the genius into a prison, and piques to the utmost his desire to free himself." The very fact you both had similar ideas is remarkable. Illnesses, or difficulties in the environment gives people restrictions, absolutely pushing their mental capabilities to the limit. This is why I think a perfect society, a utopia, only accelerates the degeneration of man. If everything is easy, if our needs are easily met, we're continuously weakened and all hopes for creativity shrinks.

@helenamcginty4920

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind Nietzche. Baudelaire, I think, wrote a sonnet to say the good art had to be struggled for. A sonnet was a superior poetic form. A marble sculpture has more artistic value than a clay model. I might have got some of this wrong. I read it in French some 57 or 58 yrs ago.

@stratovation1474

2 жыл бұрын

Art loves chains said Nadia Boulanger.

@veronicaburall6153

2 жыл бұрын

Ive come to a similar conclusion as well

@johnbrooke6867

2 жыл бұрын

​Sort of counter intuitive is that people challenge themselves out of boredom despite not having any real problems. For example, people still climb mountains and try to top themselves for no apparent reason to the typical observer. Also, many innovations come out of pure laziness. The idea that one has to struggle is only true in certain situations. A monkey merely has to notice another monkey using a stick to see the value in it. Our brains to seem to like solving problems and even engage in creating problems to solve if we haven't any.

As someone who really loves to have deep discussions, I become somewhat comfortable in feeling uncomfortable. What I mean is, that you have to accept that others might have better facts, or that you're not always right, or that you deal with people that have a completely different opinion, yet you're not disrepectfull to them. In other words, it becomes more about listening than convincing. I do not know if that has really much to do with what is said here, but I feel that I am most creative in discussions when I feel very uncertain and that I really enjoy it when I meet someone who's actually better than me, even if they think and believe the complete opposite of what I do.

@barbarastrayhorn4667

3 жыл бұрын

Agree totally. You know what you know. You want to know what you don't know.

@nanszoo3092

3 жыл бұрын

I am the same way, but I just realized I haven't really had any of those kinds of conversations with anyone in a LONG time (besides my son) - which is probably why I am on KZread half the day and why I make comments on things that I care about. I try to do this with my sister and she gets Really Upset - even just listening to me and my son explore possibilities. Now I understand why a little more. It completely stresses her out.

@nanszoo3092

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarastrayhorn4667 It always amazes me when people don't "want to hear it" when I do this. But I have learned to accept and respect this even though I don't understand it.

@meghana1113

2 жыл бұрын

Same. But at the same time i fear what the other person thinks of me. Like if I meet someone who knows alot about astrology, for example, and I know nothing. I tend to ask questions so that i can learn. My mind goes, "what if, she is thinking that i know nothing?" "Does he think I'm dumb?"

@animelvr99

2 жыл бұрын

@@meghana1113 I think you have to learn why you have that fear and figure out how to move thru it. Like if you know they know a lot make sure they know your level of astrology so you both can start on a level of understanding. A professor shouldn't speak in high level terms to a first grader. That just adds more confusion.

I've always felt that I naturally gravitate towards uncertainty as opposed to away from it. I'm always changing my mind and can sometimes even doubt my most certain beliefs.

@8koi139

3 жыл бұрын

I love when my certain beliefs are break apart, it's like I took a big step towards the true reality

@psychee1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same here. Also, being able to change ones mind is a source of strength.

@bobdillaber1195

3 жыл бұрын

Richard the Lion. I see What you said about yourself somewhat differently. You have a greater tolerance for ambiguity than many other people. This means you can naturally be open to many different possibilities, facts, realities. Those born with less tolerance for ambiguity have a greater need/desire to feel the comfort of their certainty. Too many possibilities creates stress in those born with a lesser amount of tolerance for ambiguity. Artists and creatives have a great deal of this tolerance. It interests them and they enjoy the process. Neither is better than the other. Just differences among people. We call that diversity. That's how I see it anyway.

@africlubguy6035

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobdillaber1195 For what it's worth, you've just described one of the 5 dimensions of the Big Five Personality Trait psychometric model-the Openness trait. It's based on large psychological studies, so hard science concurs with your thoughts. If you didn't know this already, you may find it interesting to look it up. People with high Openness are creative, open to new ideas, and have a greater tolerance for uncertainty/ambiguity while, on the other end, low Openness people are essentially conservative, embrace tradition, and dislike change.

@LeKhang98

2 жыл бұрын

@@africlubguy6035 thank it's a very interesting topic. Learned something new today.

So, I think what he's saying is, for example, Salvador Dali paints a melting watch and we observers might go "wow! What a crazy concept!" But for Dali, it wasn't a big creative leap as he was already painting distorted objects. The melting watch was a logical next step for him but we're on the outside of his brain looking in, and don't have his references or experiences to inform us.

@drzero8222

6 жыл бұрын

Basically

@thekilla42

6 жыл бұрын

More profound than that

@cristobalcastrillon5891

5 жыл бұрын

I think what he is talking about is that the links constructed among elements of information that seem to be absolutely unrelated, have to do with the amount and variety of information that people have been fed with. That is, in my opinion, what makes a person “creative”.

@rockingnick

3 жыл бұрын

probably tripped out looking at a watch for some time, while realising that time is melting away or some shizz.

@tsirtosky1439

3 жыл бұрын

But there ARE ways to get into someone’s brain. The study of psychology, sociology, and history would be the first way to understand other humans and what they do. If you spend more time understanding mindsets, circumstances, Zeitgeist, all of a sudden, people’s behaviors and creations become less mystifying. If you had said or asked: “...I wonder if he was already thinking and feeling how his and others perceptions of reality are distorted and disconnected” you would be hot on the trail of clues he is leaving us with his life and art. Most creatives are communicating through symbols. We should be asking ourselves - if I was in their shoes what stories would I be trying to tell?

I always had a similar concept in my mind, but to express all of it through language was a real struggle. Amazing philosophy.

@Conflict2142

7 жыл бұрын

Hah yeah what you describe here is a deeply frustrating feeling. A good way I like to imagine this scenario is to picture an ocean. Now this ocean is everything you can think of, every complex thought and idea you have conceived of. Now picture a lake, this is everything you can explain at best (!) with regards to your internal thought patterns and processes, by using the language, vocabulary- and communication skills you have obtain this far in life. And now picture a small puddle, that puddle of water is everything you can physically put into words or writing to explain your ideas or thoughts to another person. The brain is a complex machine and even though you ''fully'' understand and make sense of your own thoughts, it tends to get ''watered down'', the further down this ''ladder'' or hierarchy you go. Weren't we promised telepathy by now? Also ''they'' say the best way to make sure you truly know something, be it whatever, is to try to break down the thing's core values and try to explain it to someone in the easiest possible way. Even though how complex the idea or subject truly is at heart, if you master this, you own it.

@Chrisdashes

7 жыл бұрын

well said!

@Conflict2142

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Altough I noticed the concept i was trying to explain actually happened to my reply as I was trying to explain it... did a little bit of editing

@Chrisdashes

7 жыл бұрын

Bravo! quite the astute you are. that last bit is Dr. Richard Feynman's work if I'm not mistaken.

@almizzz98

7 жыл бұрын

yup

Creativity comes with a price of psychological distress, highly anxious people are highly highly creative, because they process a lot of information at every moment than an average person, but these highly anxious people had to overcome over thinking to reach that creative level, they need to get to a threshold to get creative, to stop over estimating and over analyzing is most difficult thing to attain for them, that's why most creative people often experience psychological distress

@AnonYMouse-ky4sg

7 жыл бұрын

BRUCE EDWARD This explains Alex Mauer.

@jazung

7 жыл бұрын

Interesting thoughts, makes sense to me.

@BiophysicalChemist

7 жыл бұрын

BRUCE EDWARD It's like an addiction. You love that "stream of consciousness" feeling when the entire world melts away along with any self conscious thoughts, and you become one with the creative process. That's why it's difficult to have to trudge through the times when you can't seem to find anything that gives you the creative "vibe" to get you going, and even if you do start turning the crank all you seem to get on the other end smells like month old tuna salad left out on the sidewalk.

@ShovelChef

7 жыл бұрын

Philip 👍 Quite addictive. Yes. And like some addictions, potentially destructive, when not channeled well. I'm hyperventilating just thinking about it. I guess it's meditation time. 😌

@VittamarFasuthAkbin

7 жыл бұрын

the thing is, overthinking doesn't help the process, so they are just hindering themselves.

"Creativity is intelligence having fun" Einstein

@carlosmourgues7884

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Bowman which is why people who lack creativity are either stupid and/or incapable of fun.

@christopherram8948

7 жыл бұрын

Carlos Camargo not everybody is privileged like you.

@MasinaTai86

5 жыл бұрын

Play

@Luke-ofStoke-Factor

3 жыл бұрын

Atom bomb and Nuclear killings was FUN for Einstien. Fuck him.

@peterstafford4426

3 жыл бұрын

This is silly. People can be creative in very stable situations. People get paid to be creative.

I started off with the assumption thinking, "oh here's another hippie gonna tell me something simplistic and market it as something interesting and smart..." But actually, he really is a genius and has thought through all of this. Questioning assumptions is vital to critical thinking AND creativity and they are interlinked.

I need to talk to this guy. He’s a genius. He knows how to use analogies and guide you through an explanation. Amazing.

This was a good Big Think!

@thermotronica

7 жыл бұрын

Cameron Vessey 😰i dont know. Baby steps...

@HannesRadke

7 жыл бұрын

To me, for some years now, the level of creativity of a solution is equal to the distance between it's sources. The more far fetched something seems, the more creative the mind coming up with it. That says nothing about the usability though. Most times the outcome is just weird and funny ;) ... maybe that's why most customers don't really look for true creativity, because creativity is not a straight line connecting two dot's. It's a wounded path with many dead ends. True creativity is expensive (but it might produce very efficient results after much trial and error). So it's a gamble not many are willing to take. Those who do might strike it rich. Most just want a secure investment.

@joseph4861

7 жыл бұрын

This was a very, very good Big Think!

@suravmondal21

7 жыл бұрын

Hannes Radke U wrote something very interesting...

@cemanahuacwestamexem126

7 жыл бұрын

Hannes Radke A Gamble? LOL Well, maybe! According to YOUR understanding of THINGS. FIRST YOU Need to Learn About Semantics,LANGUAGE >LENGUA> (TONGUE) OOh.. And Just to you know I'M Not From Your WORLD!! Now, it is Fundamental to COMPREHEND the Difference between the LAWS of NATURE> NURTURE (NATURAL LAW) and The Limitations and CONTRADICTIONS Between INTELLECT>LOGIC>(REASON) And the SENSES>FEELINGS (EMOTIONS) YOU Wanna Know What TRUE CREATION IS? Just Look A Flower in the Garden. OBSERVE YOURSELF ON THE MIRROR!! OBSERVE SUNRISE-SUNSET (PERFECT ORDER) On Agust 21st there Will be A GREAT EVENT! (COSMIC EVENT) Be Aware! and Keep Your eyes UP in the SKY'S... KEEP LEARNING MY FRIEND!!

"what's possible is based on your history" gets interesting when you consider the shared history of reading or listening to someone else. Our brains work in small steps, but we can recognize a thought or idea as particularly brilliant and choose to focus on it. Those small steps, if pointed in the right direction, can make massive leaps in terms of outcomes

OKAY. The implications of this are SO COOL. The idea of “creativity is connecting the seemingly unconnectable” and “creativity is having fun” are SO important to me and help to show me why validating my experience and joys is SO important (coming from someone with deep shame about basically everything about me)

@iliterallyhavenogooduserna3459

Жыл бұрын

Also, when I first watched this video, I was like, “interesting” then moved on with my life. It wasn’t until just recognizing my own thoughts that this guy’s point came into my head then made SO much sense to me. Learning is so fucking cool and I’m so fucking excited to LEARN. Aahh!!

Had about 4 mindgasms over his talk.

@rachaellouise2666

2 жыл бұрын

Haha me too

@meteor2012able

2 жыл бұрын

I spewed too....All of a sudden the cockroach on my samich looked sexy....

In short, creativity is hard work. It's not one giant leap but lots of tiny jumps into the unknown. 1% inspiration 99% perspiration. I'm telling myself this as I write it because people can't appreciate your hard work until something huge has been achieved.

The fact that he can convey the ideas in such simple manner shows how articulate he is. Great video.

This happened to me. The whole world changed, it was the most incredible experience. The colors changed outside, and I always called it "I figured out how full of ____ I was".. but I realized that not only was I actively making assumptions at a ridiculous pace in the present moment.., but that I had lived that way my whole life. And my past.. was nothing more than a story I made up (that couldn't even be real in the first place). And all of a sudden. I was no longer depressed or anxious or anything anymore, because I didn't' have to tell myself (and anyone that would listen) that sad story anymore... I started loving people and caring about them instead of telling myself a crazy story about them instead. I was so completely insane, psychotic really... I don't use that word lightly either. And as it turns out, so is everyone else, and very few know it. Thank you for this video, I have never heard someone explain it. (and I stopped trying).

I think I might need to watch this several times to understand what he's really saying... certainly a very interesting video!

@user-rg4kg9vz8j

7 жыл бұрын

Read the description. It is easier to understand.

@ibzillaire1208

7 жыл бұрын

Look into Edward Debono's Lateral thinking. he's the God father of the principles spoken about here.. and a great teacher of how to implement these ideas in life. The few videos I've watched from Beu lotto mostly speak on theory.

@soppoi123

7 жыл бұрын

Long story short: You need to train your brain to get "more creative". Some big step is just a big step to your current brain. Exercise will reduce the height of the step.

@najiibjama18

7 жыл бұрын

+Dahutba I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I thought of that before he even got half way. I'm not trying to miss any of the goodness lol

@rawecacau

7 жыл бұрын

Sure!lol I was just about to post the same thing..lol

Certainty/Uncertainty, Order/Chaos, the nature of the universe is continuous movement between opposites. If you stand still you are not balanced as you will wither away. Like the poem says "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream." Gently, meaning go with the flow. The centenarians of the world all do just enough exercise, not too much to stress themselves out but just enough so they don't stagnate. Balance is a steady oscillation between certainty/uncertainty. I loved when he said "we have evolved to evolve and turn the meaningless in to the meaningful." Also he mentioned how as a society and individuals we move forward in steps. In the book "where good ideas come from" S.Johnson Both evolution and innovation tend to happen within the bounds of the adjacent possible. If you look at the way a neurons action potential fires, it looks exactly the same as the boom and bust graph of the stock market. The higher you climb, the harder you fall. In order to avoid chaos you have to dip your foot in to uncertainty, otherwise you injure yourself. "The more you know, the more you know you don't know"

@BiophysicalChemist

7 жыл бұрын

La Frog "It's all well and good to be able to fly, but the real feat is to walk without touching the ground." - Zen Buddhist saying (my version)

@dennisr.levesque2320

7 жыл бұрын

The real feat? What about real value? What's so special about a worthless feat? What is Buddhism anyway (your version)? Comedy?

@whatup53

6 жыл бұрын

True Creativity is when your mind thinks for you, its like the good form of depression where depression your brain shuts off

@harshitwadhwani1313

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks La Frog ❤️

@aldiisnaeni1362

3 жыл бұрын

"The more that you say, the less I know" -T.S.

This is great. I have found this to be true. One of my creative blockages has been concerning myself with whether or not something is original enough. Worrying others will see right through it and know where I drew my inspiration from, or think (as I do) it's too much like "this or that." However, I have always found that nobody draws the same parallels as I do because their frame of reference is different than my own. Realizing this has been very freeing for me.

@juliesmithson5726

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. No one is doing something that is 100 percent unique, we see and are inspired to create upon that which had an effect on us.

When you said "it's by engaging the process of creating perception" brought to mind Mona Lisa's smile. The creative genius of Leonardo (:

I am an artist, and I've driven myself crazy... actually crazy, just to make any poem on disturbing topics more authentic, but I liked it. I enjoyed letting go of every shred of sanity. Nothing mattered, and it didn't matter that nothing mattered. It was wonderful. I had to come back though, I have shit to do.

@gabybeget2384

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely words

@susanzoeckler4926

3 жыл бұрын

Hah! So true so true. And it's pretty damn hard to put our insanity in the file drawer so we can pull it on evenings & weekends

One of the most brilliant videos I've ever seen in my life.

@ChildOfChaos3003

6 жыл бұрын

Rainbow Lion lmao

@Adhil_parammel

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me others,I have same feeling as you

He explained the concept with such fluidity that my mind is totally blown now.

I have spent my whole life struggling with the concept of creativity and how it manifests in different people and in different periods of one’s life, how to harness it in a healthy way and how it can feel like a burden at times, etc, and this video just put every one of those anxieties to rest. it feels like a reset button was pressed. thank you!

I'm absolutely loving the neuroscience videos BT has been posting lately. This one definitely didn't disappoint!

Wow I actually question those assumptions to the point of uncertainty... crazy how what he's saying makes so much sense

If I am processing this correctly, it seems to be suggestive of creativity being in terms of 'dimensions' or 'axes'; the apparent great distance between two concepts (or perceptions) may be resolved by realising they are distant on one axis (or many) but close together on another. A "small step" in one dimension being a "giant leap" in another. Fascinating.

@palomaruby

5 жыл бұрын

melancholiac you spot on, that’s exactly like he is saying , but you need external inputs to see that new dimension (creativity)

I was looking around the local library when I saw the word Deviate on the spine of a book, now I am here. So thank you to all the big thinkers that got me so far. cheers

I literally just took notes while watching this, with pen and paper. Good stuff.

"true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" - socrates

@richardbarnes3757

2 жыл бұрын

And to know you know nothing is to know something…………

@consumablecorner150

2 жыл бұрын

That's me, dude!

@thegeneralist7527

2 жыл бұрын

True wisdom is checking quotes before you post them online. "I know that I know nothing" is a saying derived from Plato's account of the Greek philosopher Socrates. It is also called the Socratic paradox. The phrase is not one that Socrates himself is ever recorded as saying.

@heaventohades

2 жыл бұрын

@@siyabongaajalas901 the internets favorite quote

@donDanDeNiro

2 жыл бұрын

god is dead - nietzsche

This confirms what I always sort of believed. Saying “I don’t know” or embracing fickle …promotes creative thinking.

I'm always amazed at what I learn about myself with these videos.

Right when he says “why” is when I noticed his beard makes a perfect W

@Microtherion

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Or he's taught his own facial hair to say 'whatever'. I assume it saves time. :)

@chachok1361

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

THANK YOU! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE THIS! QUESTIONS BRING WISDOM, ANSWERS BRING KNOWLEDGE!

@juliesmithson5726

2 жыл бұрын

Yet, everyone may have a different answer because many answers are just personal opinions based on what we have seen, felt, experienced.

Dude. Just so happy to hear you say all this in such a concise and applicable way. This is gonna be my new go-to "just watch this" to explain this stuff.

Right on, thank you for putting all this complex jumble into words so clearly.

Great video. Little correction though: nausea is an *evolutionary response* to inner ear/vision conflict because the brain assumes it has consumed something poisonous/hallucinogenic. So 'motion sickness' is actually a sign of having this mechanism being more developed than others, not a sign of the brain being 'overstressed'.

@alexandramaclachlan7597

3 жыл бұрын

That's so clever :D

@Sccoropio

3 жыл бұрын

what is the reference on the "more developed" part?

@epictetus9221

2 жыл бұрын

But then... when you actually _have_ consumed something hallucinogenic, it does not necessarily lead to nausea. Why is that?

@imagin.e.ternity

2 жыл бұрын

So... Smoke weed when you go sailing? 😂 Or edibles... Yea. Just get super high lol

This is not the neuroscience of - its just psychology without the biology of the brain. But still worth the listen.

@andsoon..9190

6 жыл бұрын

Elvisitor ... if you listen from the beginning you hear him mention the conflict btw the perception of the eye and the ear- that's neuroscience . When he started to explain the phenomena of the brain that became somewhat psychology. Still he made good effort not to go leave spectrum of neuroscience. So the title is still fitting

@nickshelbourne4426

5 жыл бұрын

@@andsoon..9190 Neuropsychology perhaps - psychology informed by neuroscience.

One of the best explanations on the subject I've ever heard!

your deep question "what is necessary in order to question our assumptions" was already nicely answered by A.H. Almaas in relation to relationships between people : "Only when compassion is present will people allow themselves to see the truth."

Holy crap. I think my space of possibilities just became larger (or is it smaller?). Thanks, Beau. Thanks Big Think.

Creativity begins with the ability to hold two incompatible ideas in one's mind at the same time.

@bluemoon7272

3 жыл бұрын

doublethink

@jfo3000

3 жыл бұрын

Similarly, I've always thought it's the ability to combine two or more disparate pieces of knowledge in a way that is new, new to the creator at least. It may have been done before, but the creator doesn't know of this...it's a new combination / creation to them.

@aakibshaikh3864

3 жыл бұрын

it's ur assumption, you have different range of possibilities. what matters to other humans is if it brings +ve outcomes for humanity or not ?

@dwaynesbadchemicals

2 жыл бұрын

The Crack Up - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

@zeynand4039

2 жыл бұрын

That's thinking laterally and has to do with IQ and working memory. Both come in handy if you are creative, but it's not being creative. Creativity bad to do with perception and imagination, going to the unknown, solving problems and beauty etc.

Thank you so much! You have explained a problem I have been struggling with for a long time. Why does it seem obvious to my mind, but creative to others. The dots are already connected to me, but to another mind with different assumptions the dots are far away.

"Everything you do right now is grounded in your assumptions. Not sometimes, but all the times." TRUE!

@chewacan

2 жыл бұрын

Throw in interpretations, and symbols as well. It scares me to think how important simple agreement plays into a functional reality. I mean assumptions can be false but still have relationships that are acceptable enough to live with. So people don't change.

get this guy back on here this was gold

I perceive this to be an excellent evaluation of human spirit, thank you.

Wow, this is so important for me as I have this feeling and "unpurposefulness" feeling right now and feel I have list my creativity. I'm an artist and for the past 4 years art is only in my head.

this is Why, as a programmer, it's hard to believe that your bug exists, because you created something to work a specific way, and when it works differently it challenges your assumptions. very interesting... love it! you have to learn to challenge your assumptions to successfully evolve your beliefs

beautifully explained

such a good video! this guy was great.

Wonderful explanation. I've been very keen on this concept for a long time now, but the way you succinctly put this was beautiful. Thank you for the video!

This just came up in my feed and at exactly the right time. It was meant to be, and thanks my friend, well said!

This guy has a TED Talk on optical illusions. It's pretty cool.

@pravitopapacito

6 жыл бұрын

Charlie Castillo do you know his name? When I search for Ted talk optical illusions, I see several videos without a bearded guy :)

@GravisTKD

5 жыл бұрын

@@pravitopapacito video description says he's Beau Lotto. I realize this is many months after you asked, but I figured I would reply just in case (and for any others who stumble across the comment).

Yes, yes yes. This is true and good on many levels, in my experience.

YES! This is the content I subscribed for. Thank you.

Illuminating and nurturing insights and perspective! Thank you!

Good stuff! Seems very reasonable in my mind that one person's gradual broadening of his/hers mind can lead to thoughts and ideas that seems revolutionary and non-intuitive to another! I'd love to hear what he's take on Schopenhauer's quote about the talent and the genius!

Excellent

In my Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics class, the first step required in our solutions to problems was to state our assumptions. In Civin Engineering, Engineering Economics class our professor said that our analysis is only as good as our assumptions.

this little bit has been so helpful for me in my c-ptsd healing process... thank you... i'm gonna find more info!

I assume that many people are being manipulative to me because my mom was always manipulative since I was a toddler. Whenever I try to question my assumptions of someone trying to manipulate me I often feel stupid or used and simply revert back to assuming that most people are not honest. It's so hard to fight the idea, my mom used to get very clever with how she made people think. it's not hard to notice it today but now I think most people are like her

@Sirelliotfr

5 жыл бұрын

Donte DeBose bro u sound exactly like me

@frv6610

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, i thought everyone would eff me up as soon they get a chance, at same time i've met many nasty people so it wasn't an unfounded attitude of mine, but my negative self esteem gave them the chance/invited them and this is created by abusive or neglecting parents. Your mother's negative effect on you will probably last a long time, minimum 35 years so start reading self help books or you will waste half of your life living in a way which feels wrong because you are busy defending yourself against mind ghosts and trying to figure out why stuff is not right with you and the world. Im still trying (by reading books etc) to become normal and be like a person who grew up with non-abusive parents (overt abuse or passive neglect). My mother is good towards me now though, my father was very abusive with harsh words, beatings, making me feel like the world hates me and i'm nothing/stupid/piece of s-t/disgusting etc because he was a narcissist (i didnt do anything bad or wrong). Instead he should have given me good feelings about myself and the world to make me immune against others hostility which i would disregard and avoid. Instead i was full of strong self doubt and strong negative self esteem which blocked my ability to genuinely feel, imagine and manifest a positive correct social network and environment for healing and living normally because the negativity is trying to become a part of my ego and it creates life-limiting negative perceptions. I'm sometimes in a good mood and have forgotten the negativity so im not sure if im just exaggerating the impact of abuse on my life, maybe i would still feel the way i do even if i had non-abusive parents? I lean towards thinking i would have manifested a very positive life if i wasn't abused because of how differently i would have felt and interacted with my environment.

Absolutely loved this! More of this man please.

@dirtyshizno8512

6 жыл бұрын

I can't get past the horrible "beard" and greasy lanky hair, had a hard time focusing beyond that.

@McVaerk

2 жыл бұрын

That's a bit superficial.

Loved this. Gave me a lot of resources to think on. Difficulties are what makes me become creative and yea difficulty happens when I am uncertain and uncomfortable. Its disturbing but I need it to keep going. Creativity saves me from stagnation.

Incredible concept! Mindblowingly simple explaination. As a professional visual artist I am often told how "creative" I am, yet I don't feel creative. Now I know why people say that to me.

As I was recovering from a serious concussion I experienced severe anxiety but also an increase in creativity. As an engineer/ scientist I was able to accept both the anxiety and celebrate the creativity as if I was in an experiment. Both anxiety and creativity take incomplete information and project it out into a future condition.

This... Was surprisingly insightful. I'm gonna look more into this. A very interesting look at creativity!

@rocallen204

7 жыл бұрын

Cameron Vessey correctly correct

For me, to take away message from this video is that we have to continue going down our own path. At times, we may feel like we are out in left field and other people are not responding to us or don’t understand us. But, we make connect or make a breakthrough when we hear other people respond and give us positive feedback. This is what keeps us going on this path. Writing blogs, playing songs, Producing videos, making courses - These will inevitably attract some people to the vision that we see their feedback and support will allow us to continue.

thank you thank you thank you.. you just opened up a whole new world for me.. thank you.. Awaiting for more videos by you sir..

This is so sick i like it , this means we all know everything in some way (for example the laws of physics) just that our horizon expands the more creative you get so we will discover things we have never imagined but somehow they were always there.

@nanszoo3092

3 жыл бұрын

so maybe I shouldn't have given up on physics, I should just take it in smaller bites :-) I could get the rules, but a lot of it just eludes me. Intuitively, I just don't get it but I want more because it fascinates me, probably because I Don't understand.

great work Beau. Clear, logical progression of provable points on a timely and worthwhile problem. Creativity can be taught, if rethink organizing the process.

This was incredibly useful & thought provoking...always felt it..but could never wrap my head around it till now..

Changing the space of possibility by crafting the process of perception! Man I love watching this guy talk, he is always brilliant at dissecting human processes, it helps shape and amplify a lot of my own thoughts, ideas and assumptions about myself and the world around me. Certainly one of the best!

This redeems you for your weak performance in Suicide Squad, Mr. Leto.

@BB-vy5rx

2 жыл бұрын

Good one🤝

Now THIS is content I can get behind.

yes! as an artist...I have thought about this when someone asked me how I decide what colors I am going to use next or together when painting. ty. very interesting!

Thank you❤️ this is what I’ve been waiting for, for so long.

This is the best video I've seen on this topic. I wish everyone could watch it and really grasp what he is saying.

to quote the great keanu reaves, whoah...

I love neuroscience. This talk is delightful. Will share with my students.

Amazing talk. Very deep insight on human cognition and creativity.

Interesting but: 1. Philosophers long ago already had this discussion wondering if bias/a priori science/knowledge is possible. And the conclusion of this debate is clear: no, it is not possible. So one way or another it's always running in cricles of biases/stereotypes 2. There is already scientific evidence that innovation doesn't come out of nowhere and it doesn't stem from random ingenious ideas but rather from years of experience and solid, very specific knowledge of one field what allows for putting old and well-known pieces/ideas/formulas/solutions together in news ways. As for "evidence- driven", no, what's possible doesn't depend on Your history but rather or how thinking bias works in Your brain- David Khanemann talked about it in detail in "Thinking Fast and Slow". His lecture avaible on line can allow anyone to see how his brain works like. All brains contain some kind of innate tendency to link information in a certain way. And none of them is perfect. There are just patterns of thinking which none of us can escape and which are different among different people. Also cultural factor matters since various culture don't agree about basic core concepts such as "truth", "rationality". For example in the enitre culture of islam those concepts differ almost completely from western ideas of the truth and rationality. Yes, changing point of view may lead to new discoveries, since looking at the very same thing from a different angle may allow to notice different aspects of the very well-know phenomenon. In this way we made progress in medicine when one doctor started to think in military terms about the structure of a virus. But still innovation is based in years of solid, specific knowledge of a particular field, since this innovation we owe to a very well-trained expert in medcine, not to some young, innovative man with almost no practical experience in medicine, not to mention without a degree in medicine. So try to change perspective from which You look at things, but do it within Your own field of expertise, since this is the most likely way to become a truly innovative person.

@captainofmysoul108

7 жыл бұрын

femmeNikita27 there is a trap there, in that someone’s field of expertise can become a habit of perception or way of seeing things that becomes hard to shake. This is especially true when that field of expertise becomes one’s identity, or ego identification, and someone will cling to that identity because they have spent a good deal of their life in that field, even when it is becoming clear that those ideas may no longer be true. That is why someone coming into a field with a fresh perspective, may see clearly a new innovative solution. An identification with a habit of perception is that much more of a challenge to overcome in a society that largely identifies with the mind or intellect. It is diving into the awareness behind it all that is very powerful and freeing.

It's not often I rewatch a video.

Fabulous and so helpful. Thank you!

Wow, such an amazing video. It really puts things into (my) perspective. Thank You!

So in short, creative people can find a wormhole between ideas while normal people have to go the long distance.

@NathanRiveraMelo

3 жыл бұрын

I think you misunderstood his point. The wormhole is only a wormhole because you don't have the creative person's frame of reference, from which they made logical steps that connect disparate concepts. The wormhole is a sort of ill-conceived perspective. It's all small steps for everyone. Creative people are the ones making them.

@l1mbo69

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanRiveraMelo i think that doesn't account for all people. Some people are Intuitive thinkers, for them all those small steps happen subconsciously and when they arrive at the aha moment they themselves cannot explain how they got there

@greablood1072

2 жыл бұрын

1 MANA 1/2 WITH DIVINE SHIELD- whoa I blacked out there

@epictetus9221

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, that's exactly what _isn't_ going on. There are no wormholes here, just people with different histories and thus varying frames of reference.

@matthewcuriel991

2 жыл бұрын

No ... both have the same route to ideas. Just creatives just pack more tools for the trip due to a heightened sense of possibility. But it is the same road and a creative takes small steps at a time and does close the gap of possibility and outcome. While a normal person since they took no tools and expressed no want to close the gap see the realm of possibility so distant from the road to outcome. So a creative to a normal seems like they are doing something that isn't possible when it's the same road they just had more assumptions and ideas to get them where they are. And were willing to push the bounds forward

red eye jedi

Increasing the space of possibility - the entry portal to that ideal state is probably humour; at first, and a habit of reading, exploring, learning. This is brilliant.

I can't explain the depth this video added to my perception in words. Thanks Lotto, it's really beautiful. I've come back to it a few times now. When you think of it you're simply describing consciousness in other words. I usually view it as a space of consciousness we exist in and we expand that space by information input.

*Summary*: what you believe affects what you do. *Explanation*: We can think of it in terms of two levels: the intellectual level and the intuitive level. When making fear-based decisions, they're usually "rational" ones made on an intellectual level by analyzing a situation, weighing pros and cons, and so on, within the context of what you believe due to environment, society, family, etc. These decisions are not very fulfilling. They are just about avoiding what we fear based on faulty beliefs. This is being engulfed in assumptions and acting upon them, not questioning the assumptions themselves but automatically accepting them as true propositions. It's like giving someone a limited amount of information and telling them to live based on the assumption that all of it is true. When making growth-based decisions, things are intuitive but uncertain because there is little external support for them and they aren't exactly 'rational' in the way we've been told. But they are what ultimately fulfill us because they are made despite the fear. This is where creativity is unlocked because now we are aware of the almost endless possibilities before us. It's almost like a game. This is acting upon way less assumptions and trusting it will lead you to the answers or results you're looking for.

@AnonYMouse-ky4sg

7 жыл бұрын

Lady Galaxy This is why the most loud and obnoxious people are often the least intelligent? They aren't thinking of analyzing how others are perceiving them, they're just acting on whatever comes to their mind.

@ShadowsMasquerade

7 жыл бұрын

What you're talking about does not require analysis but rather being secure in oneself. It is a different matter from what I'm talking about and has little to do with creativity. And on the contrary, the loud and obnoxious ones (at least in terms of your own made up stereotype) care _a lot_ about how others are perceiving them and are overcompensating.

@Nemanoid

7 жыл бұрын

black cat inc. it clicked for me, thanks x100

@hottie286

6 жыл бұрын

black cat inc. so it's best to be a free thinker?

@ShadowsMasquerade

6 жыл бұрын

Barry well I think you could put it that way!

Who else was trying to get smart but didn’t understand a single thing this guy said🧐 anyone,I’m being real

I appreciate your knowledge and ability to share ,your understanding on the brain functioning. It was extremely resourceful.

This really gave a good view about creativity. I was deeply moved by the statement.. " creativity is if it is seen from outside, not from inside." I guess this is the reason why one doesn't get amused by self when a musician creates great symphony, a painter when creates a painting which is beyond imagination of ordinary, any art, any science...to make a leap to an unknown we do it based upon the known.

Right........ righ...... ri?

Me juggle. It skill

@vic7623

7 жыл бұрын

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@mohammedislam5180

7 жыл бұрын

Vic I been on Syria got talent. Me big star

@mohammedislam5180

7 жыл бұрын

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@matthewfrazier9254

7 жыл бұрын

Mohammed Islam mhmm mhm yes indeed many thanks 2 u praise Allah

This is a huge task learning self. Exist is deeper than an ocean.

Mind blown. Thank you for your research and to the producer of this channel.