But at present we know of nothing that is capable of understanding an explanation – or of wanting one in the first place – other than a human mind. Every discovery of a new explanation, and every act of grasping an existing explanation, depends on the uniquely human faculty of creative thought.
Explanation and understanding at the center of creativity; essential to it. Synthesis—the collection of facts into a system that leads to an action or extrapolation—is not then a creative act. It offer no new explanation or better understanding on its own. It becomes creative when an explanation is offered—that’s the creative act.
