Brains Invent Consciousness and Vice Versa

Abstract

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” Einstein

Neuroscientists and psychologists commonly agree that creative problem-solving usually requires both analysis and, sometimes farther-out, intuitive insight. Psychologists Schooler and Melcher concluded that the abilities most strongly correlated with insight problem-solving were not significantly correlated with solving analytical problems. Schools and universities deal more with analytical problems when they are not dealin with memory.