Creative states

In this system (Figure 17-2) the highest states are mystical experiences, often experienced in conjunction with psychedelic-drug-induced states of meditative states. Creative states and marijuana intoxication are next in value, and some of the experiences of the higher states can be achieved in them, albeit at reduced intensity. 

The fundamental difference between man and animal is an ancient question, still debated from the perspective of many opposing viewpoints. The habit routine model may provide a new assessment of man s uniqueness in his ability to suspend or modify the operation of habit routine at will, (with practice), and so develop and cultivate the ability to be creative. I think it is safe to say that animals have the ability to be creative, at least in a simple way, but they exhibit such ability only when there is little alternative, as in a crisis, or in experiments designed to elicit such behavior. They do not do so out of the exercise of free will, so much is obvious. Man can, however, cultivate and the art, and dwell in a creative state by choice, is not to say that most human beings make the effort to do so to any significant extent. Thus differences between man and animal have to date... 

In this system (Figure 17-2) the highest states are mystical experiences, often experienced in conjunction with psychedelic-drug-induced states of meditative states. Creative states and marijuana intoxication are next in value, and some of the experiences of the higher states can be achieved in them, albeit at reduced intensity. Then comes an open or loose rationality, an ordinary d-SoC in which, because you do not take too seriously the apparent rationality of your culture s consensus reality. You can function well enough in an ordinary d-SoC, but you do not value that d-SoC as highly as do those who have no other reference experiences of higher states. 

Thus, while in the creative arts the quality of productivity does not necessarily change with advancing years the standard of scientific productivity is commonly believed to have an optimal period which is not the same for different subjects. It is taken to end rather early in mathematics. G. H. Hardy,< > in his autobiographical book A Mathematician s Apology commenting on the relation of age to scientific creativity, states that this is especially important for mathematicians. He writes No mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man s... 

By 1900, other products from petroleum began to take on importance. Lubricants especially became prominent. This was due to the growth of industrialization in the United States, a shortage of naturally occurring lubricants (e.g., vegetable and whale oils), and an intense and creative marketing effort on the part of Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Trust. By 1910, Standard Oil Trust was also marketing coke and asphalt to a variety of manufacturers as well as the construction industry. 

This book summarises the enormous work done and published by many scientists who believe in polymer analysis. It is humbling to notice how much collective expertise is behind the current state-of-the-art in poly-mer/additive analysis and how little is at the command of any individual. The high degree of creativity and ingenuity within the international scientific community is inspiring. The size of the book shows the high overall productivity. Even so, only a fraction of the pertinent literature was cited. 

All human relationships are containers of emotional life, but what are the structures underlying them Nathan Schwartz-Sal ant looks at all kinds of relationships through an analyst s eye. By analogy with the ancient system of alchemy he shows how states of mind can undermine our relationships - in marriage, in creative work, in the workplace -and become transformative when brought to consciousness. It is only by learning how to access the interactive field of our relationships that we can enter this transformative process and explore its mysterious potential for self-realization... 

Nature is a highly innovative chemist, and we know only a small fraction of the universe of natural products. Currently, about half of the most widely prescribed drugs in the United States are either small-molecule natural products, such as penicillin, or synthetic molecules that are based on natural products but have better properties. The other half are products of the creative imagination of medicinal chemists. Nature s genetic and chemical diversity is a treasure that should not be squandered. One reason to maintain ecosystems such as rain forests intact is that less than 10% of plant species have been systematically investigated for their chemical products. Also, many microbes, insects, and other species have not been explored for useful products. 

We believe that the reader will find numerous examples of ingenious science and creative engineering in this volume, and we thank each of the authors for a job well done. In addition, we thank the editorial staff of the American Chemical Society as well as the secretarial staffs at Michigan State University, the University of Colorado, and DuPont for their support in this endeavor. 

A fuel cell vehicle requires only 1/10 the parts needed for internal combustion models. A change to fuel cell power could end overcapacity problems for GM. It would no longer have to consider different state or country environmental regulations. Fuel cells also free designers and allow them to be more creative with styles and body designs. 

Indeed, chemistry possesses this creative power as stated by Marcelin Berthdot La chimie cree son objet. ( Chemistry creates its objecf.) It does not merely fabricate objects, but creates its own object. It does not preexist, but is invented as progress is made. It is not just waiting to be discovered, but is to be created. 

When chemists investigate the mechanism of a reaction, they are not so lucky. Determining the mechanism of a chemical reaction is a bit like figuring out how a clock works just by looking at its face and hands. For this reason, reaction mechanisms are proposed rather than definitively stated. Much of the experimental evidence that is obtained to support a mechanism is indirect. Researchers need a lot of creativity as they propose and test mechanisms. 

The strictly deterministic world vision of classical science led the philosophers (notably I. Kant) to introduce the notion of the two cultures, opposing the deterministic, cold, and rigid science to the humanistic domain of intuitions and unpredictable sentiments. IP and IS strongly state that classical science is dead and that the new science, metamorphosed by new Prigoginian vision of time, would allow, in the long term, a reunification of the two cultures. Indeed, Bergson s creative time is now inscribed into science. It manifests itself at the level of macroscopic thermodynamics through the bifurcations. 

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