Creative Extrapolation

As illustrated above, analytical reasoning dominates current clinical pharmacology in that many efforts are directed at isolating and understanding the various factors that influence clinical effects. This is indeed the analytical phase outlined above, the indispensable phase of data gathering. But the objective is the prediction of clinical effects from results obtained with experimental model systems, and to this end a synthetic phase is necessary. 

Whether starting from in vivo or in vitro data, and from animal or human data, extrapolation to clinical effects is currently performed by combinations of mutually independent factors (treated as independent variables), or even by simple monofactorial equations. Such an approach is clearly not erroneous, witness its many fair predictions, but it is a mere approximation. 

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Exploratory creativity is where ideas are generated to develop future opportunities. One is trying to extrapolate from present-day knowledge and technology towards some... 

Forbes, N. S. (2008). A module to foster engineering creativity An interpolative design problem and an extrapolative research project. CEE Chemical Engineering Education, 42(4), 166-172. 

Finally, then "lets get moving. " Our speakers exhorted us to concentrate our efforts on the unsolved problems. Incremental changes in present correlations (except to correct obvious deficiencies in form under extrapolation), and new measurements of systems whose properties are subject to little uncertainty (except for checking equipment) are uninteresting. The challenge is to be creative. I believe the greatest success will occur when communi-... 

Ten years into the future may see new board products, new bonding applications, and new innovative adhesive systems. Some future challenges can be predicted based on current trends and will be met by those who currently see opportunities to meet those challenges. Some future challenges cannot be predicted. By extrapolating the individual and collective industrial ability to formulate opportunities to meet past challenges, the unpredictable future challenges will also be met with creative, effective and profitable solutions which will benefit our society. 

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