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DESCRIPTION:The Conception and Evolution of Creative Ideas\n\nBy Liane Gabo
 ra\n\nUniversity of British Columbia\n\nDate: February 24\, 2025\n	Time: 8:
 30 AM - 11:30 AM\n	Location: Online\, and in-person at the\n	Armstrong Build
 ing\, room 155a\n	3420 Rue McTavish\, Montréal\, QC\n\nAttend online\n\nVie
 w poster\n\n\nAbstract\n\nThe creative process fuels the evolution of cult
 ure. Central to the honing theory of creativity is the concept of a worldv
 iew: a self-organizing\, self-mending mental model of reality\, i.e.\, a m
 ind as experienced ‘from the inside.’ Your worldview incorporates your way
  of seeing and being in the world\, how you’ve made sense of your experien
 ces\, come to terms with them (or not)\, and reflected upon them\, as well
  as ideas you come up with on your own: the ‘conceptual glue’ that weaves 
 your knowledge and memories into a uniquely configured tapestry of underst
 anding. Creative honing is viewed as the iterative process of reconfigurin
 g one’s worldview by going deep with an idea. Because a worldview is an ac
 tive shaper of cultural information that uses whatever mental contents it 
 has available to spontaneously tailor actions and responses to new situati
 ons\, it is minds\, not memes\, that must be central to a theory of how cu
 lture evolves. Unlike other theories of creativity\, honing theory can acc
 ount for why creativity is therapeutic\, and unlike other theories of cult
 ural evolution\, it can account for phenomena such as cross-domain transfe
 r. I will show how honing theory paves the way for a new understanding of 
 convergent and divergent thought\, and present evidence for the theory fro
 m empirical studies with musicians\, artists\, creative writers\, dancers\
 , and comedians. If there is time\, I will present an agent-based model of
  two cognitive transitions en route to the capacity for strategic creativi
 ty and cultural evolution\, the results of which are consistent from data 
 from psychology\, neuroscience\, anthropology\, and archaeology.\n
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LOCATION:Room 155A\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3
 A 3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:MCCHE Precision Convergence Webinar Series with Liane Gabora
URL:/desautels/channels/event/mcche-precision-converge
 nce-webinar-series-liane-gabora-363730
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