Do software-generated "connections" really generate inspiration?

Posted by Cassius
Oct 27, 2007 at 02:23 AM

One needs to be careful in distinguishing different types of “connections.”

Addition and multiplication tables, when memorized, form a type of connection within the brain: 7 X 8 is connected to 56 and 7+8 is connected to 15. My son, when young and perhaps even now, could not internalize [memorize] these connections, yet he completely understood the processes, including long division and could do them on his fingers or by counting holes in a ceiling tile, etc.

Understanding may and often does enhance memory, but not always.

-c