<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Imagination is perception loosened from immediate... > Imagination is perception loosened from immediate sensory reality; counterfactual reasoning is cognition constructing conditions that do not presently exist; play suspends immediate utility; creativity crosses boundaries that established categories ordinarily keep apart; and scientific discovery repeatedly begins when an anomaly survives the pressure to be ignored. **Source:** [[breakouts/Human Machine|Human Machine]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Imagination is perception loosened from immediate sensory reality; counterfactual reasoning is cognition constructing conditions that do not presently exist; play suspends immediate utility; creativity crosses boundaries that established categories ordinarily keep apart; and scientific discovery repeatedly begins when an anomaly survives the pressure to be ignored.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-imagination-perception-loosened-survives-pressure-ignored ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->