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Upgrading Imagination

In: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION Perspectives and Inspirational Stories

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  • Kevin Warwick

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All things concerning a human being’s imagination are controlled by that individual’s brain. Most likely, a dog or spider may well have their own imagination. However, we can only speculate, as Kafka did in his metamorphosis, as to what those imaginations consist of. It is highly probable though that they would relate to that creature’s experiences and life. Clearly though they would be directly dependent on the number of brain cells involved and the connectivity of those cells. Obviously, the different sensory inputs and motor outputs that the individual has will limit certain imaginations whilst enabling others. A water spider spends its life traveling up and down inside a bubble in water. What is its imagination like…

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  • Kevin Warwick, 2018. "Upgrading Imagination," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Xavier Pavie (ed.), CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION Perspectives and Inspirational Stories, chapter 39, pages 325-327, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Creativity; Innovation; Imagination; Aesthetics; Transdisciplinarity; Lateral Thinking; Testimonials; Inspiration; Intelligence; Knowledge Economy; Disruption; Dreams; Future;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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