# Invention **Domain:** Science / Technology / Creativity **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Invention is the creation of a novel device, method, system, or arrangement that converts observation and imagination into usable capability.** ## Mechanism and Practice Invention begins where established answers end. Curiosity, uncertainty, natural patterns, accumulated knowledge, and practical experimentation combine until a possibility becomes operational. ## Relationships [[wiki/Innovation|Innovation]] · [[wiki/Creativity|Creativity]] · [[wiki/Scientific Literacy|Scientific Literacy]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “New knowledge comes from the willingness to say “I don’t know.” Stepping beyond what is already established into uncertainty and possibility is where new ideas, disciplines, and inventions are born.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Environmental Conditioning and the Path to Self-Actualization - Livestream (Sep 2016)* [[reminders/Innovation/New Knowledge Begins With I Do Not Know by Bryant McGill|New Knowledge Begins With I Do Not Know by Bryant McGill]] > “Intelligence also flows from the inanimate back into the animate. Studying atoms, elements, and the designs of nature extracts the knowledge folded into them and brings it alive in human minds. That knowledge is then folded again into new inventions, completing the cycle.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Ultimate Christmas Gift of Returning Yourself to Yourself - Livestream (Dec 2015)* [[reminders/Innovation/Knowledge Folded Into Nature Becomes Invention by Bryant McGill|Knowledge Folded Into Nature Becomes Invention by Bryant McGill]]