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You raise a very interesting point. But I'm under the feeling that reality is much more complex: access to more information can as well inhibit creativity as i
by fchollet 14y ago
You raise a very interesting point.
But I'm under the feeling that reality is much more complex: access to more information can as well inhibit creativity as it can inspire new discoveries.
I can't say I fully the relationship between the creative scientific process and information exchange/consumption, but I'm pretty sure that past a certain point, the more papers you read the less likely you are to come up with something new. At a macro scale, communication is definitely a driver of progress, but at a micro scale?...
- Anderkent 14y agoI'm pretty sure that past a certain point, the more papers you read the less likely you are to come up with something new Do you have any evidence this is a property of optimizing systems in general, as opposed to simply a limitation of human capabilities?
- arethuza 14y agoAnd I'm pretty sure that the fewer papers your read the more likely you are to come up with something you think is new, but isn't. Of course, depending on the context whether something is "new" or not might not matter, it certainly does in academic research, but if you are making stuff work it's less of a factor.