Sometimes it seems as though each new step towards AI, rather than producing something which everyone agrees is real intelligence, merely reveals wha… - Douglas Hofstadter

Just as we believe in other peoples’ kidneys and brains (thanks almost entirely to arguments from analogy and authority),

What goes hand in hand with the willingness to playfully explore a serendipitous connection is the willingness to censor or curtail an exploration that seems to be leading nowhere.

And one of my firmest conclusions is that we always think by seeking and drawing parallels to things we know from our past, and that we therefore communicate best when we exploit examples, analogies, and metaphors galore, when we avoid abstract generalities, when we use very down-to-earth, concrete, and simple language, and when we talk directly about our own experience.