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As reflection occurs, there is an invitation for expansion of the mind. As noted elsewhere, consciousness arises from the syntheses of our response to environmental demands. The better we become at responding, or satisfying, these environmental demands, the more ‘material’ or ‘programs’ are available to synthesize for the creation of new thought. In the sense that there is a conditioned path in which a demand was satisfied and remembered, these responses are simply programs. Concerning this synthesis of creating, the more programs, or responses, that occur, the more possibilities exist. Just as the more land there is, the more crops can be grown and the more goods can be cooked or baked, leading to endless combinations. It is simply a matter of what seed is planted, much in the way that demands plant responses. For now on, the word thought will be used to describe the conditioned response programs.
This is not to trivialize thoughts, of course. Thoughts are more than mere response programs. While one thought alone is not much value, many thoughts yield infinite possibility. It is in the combination of thoughts that open up a space in the mind for the creation of entirely new thought.
Before I continue with formulations of genius, I want to stress the importance of well worn thoughts. Repeated exposure to demands gives rise to easy access, as well as familiarity, much like a frequently traveled well worn path. This repeated exposure is simply a conditioning to demands. While this allows for the atrophy of ones ability to synthesize thoughts for the creation of novel solutions, it is paramount for computing responses to demands with speed. While this may not serve well for adaptability, it serves for excelling in an environment with relatively static and predictable demands.
Creativity allows new thoughts to arise. The more abstract and foreign and unrelated the origin of these thoughts, the more potential exists for genius insight. As it relates to the phenomenon of reversals, this is their source. Only, reversals are a manifestation of the larger process of creation. It is creation that transforms preexisting thoughts into entirely new thoughts. However, one must keep in mind that first thought finds its origins at environmental demands.
Place a man in the most trying circumstances, so that his physical body is forced to endure unquenchable discomfort, he has two options according to his conditioned constitution. He can accept or create. Upon accepting, he bears the circumstances as they are, responding to environmental demands like a drone. The body will eventually wear and die. The other option, allows for the creation of entirely demand, one that is internal. It alters his frame of mind, the perceptual framework in which he processes environmental stimulus, and creates new feelings and inspirations. The creation of this new demand is not rooted in the ‘present’, nor is it a direct product of environmental demands. It is an entirely new space of consciousness—higher level of thinking, transcendent reflection, spirituality—that now exists ‘inside’ the man. This resonates with Nietzsche’s conception of the slave revolt. However, it is not a product of an insidious will to power. Rather, it is a naturalistic physical response to satisfy demands by the recombination and syntheses of existing thoughts (response programs) to create new demands that force a detachment from immediate environmental demands, or die.
The question Why? facilitates the creation of these new demands. It is only when a demand exist that a response can answer. If there is no demand, there is no answer. Likewise, if there is no problem, there is no solution. The question Why? creates within the mind a dilemma, a problematic demand. Depending on the nature of the demand, if there is an inherent incentive associated with its satisfaction, either the alleviation of discomfort or the pleasure of reward, there is an opportunity for the creation of an entirely new space within the mind. This space is occupied by explicit responses such as knowledge, or implicit responses such as feeling.
Derrida’s notion of conflicting binary reactions that give rise to new meaning is in actuality simply the creation of space. I would like to describe the creation of this space in more detail. While Derrida is accurate in describing a violent conflict, almost binary reaction, that occurs during deconstructionism, its nature is not, as he posits, vertical or hierarchal in nature. If it is this way, it is only because it is a more favored interpretation. Rather, this conflict is a result of the creation of a new demand. As one seeks to reconcile this demand, seemingly contrary thoughts (conditioned responses) are being forced together. If the demand is strong enough, or if the thoughts are weak enough, or if chance would have these thoughts soften and coalesce momentarily, a solution is presents itself. This is actually the synthesis of conditioned responses (thoughts) to environmental, or fabricated reflective, demands. These demands create an entirely new response (thought) in the mind. If the demand is strong enough, the synthesis of these combined thoughts (responses) will continue to maintain their cohesion. If the demand is weak, the thoughts will fall apart, reverting back to their original inclination to satisfy a more engrained response.
For maintaining the creation of space, the creation of thoughts and knowledge, it is imperative to either pursue and grasp hold of the clearest notion of the thought as possible as it occurs, or continue going back to the demand. Proximity to this demand forces understanding of its constitution and parameters, much like the proximity of objects increases inter-gravitational pull. Proximity to demand triggers a response that directs our attention exactly where the demand occurs. As a result, the constitution of demand reveals itself, and we are capable of producing a response or solution.
As long as demand is static, and depending on the arsenal of past thoughts (experiences), there are, one could say, infinite ways of satisfying the demand. This translates to the value of using thought to create infinite possibility for your life..
William Dare 