A&B Unit 1 Input 4: How Geniuses Think Word Formation

The explosion of creativity in the Renaissance was intimately tied to the recording and conveying of a vast knowledge in a parallel language; as, for instance, in the _________ diagrams of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. (renown)

Geniuses are geniuses because they form more _________ combinations than the merely talented people. (novelty)

With productive thinking, one can _________ as many alternative approaches as one can by considering the least obvious as well as the most likely approaches. (generation)

In order to creatively solve a problem, the thinker must _________ the initial approach that stems from past experience and re-conceptualise the problem. (abandonment)

Run-of-the-mill physicists have IQs much higher than Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman, who many __________ to be the last great American genius. (acknowledgement)

Because of the ____________ of the steps based on past experiences, we become arrogantly certain of the correctness of our conclusions. (sound)

Geniuses tend to come up with many different responses, some of which are __________ and possibly unique. (conventional)

Everyone has their own _________ style of taking and organizing notes, or using abbreviations. For this reason, your own notes will always be more meaningful to you than someone else’s notes. (uniqueness)

Debates help improve a variety of skills such as speaking confidently in public, __________ to hear different arguments and building valid arguments. (willing)

Coupled with the widespread job destruction following the great recession, AI has become a fixture in the news (and the movies), looking alternatively ___________ and threatening. (promise)