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Brainstorming is a way to explore ideas, not create them.

• JulianMorrison 13y ago
  I think the fundamental mistake in brainstorming is thinking that out-there ideas are a good approach. And that comes from underestimating the size of idea-space. Exploring idea-space without a map doesn't break you out of your own limitations, because combinations are infinite but your own mind is not. So you flail generating unworkable ideas within the box rather than hill-climbing towards a workable one that might be out of the box. What is missing is a heuristic. Like, nobody would expect an AI to generate good ideas by throwing random numbers in the air. They would demand to see some heuristic for iterative improvement.
  • JoeAltmaier 13y ago
    Yeah it can be like that. But also its a time for everybody to throw out the ideas they already had, but haven't shared.
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• kzrdude 13y ago
  Maybe its function is social rather than creative -- simply giving permission to throw anything out there.