Emergence

Fundamental knowledge is rarely gained by incremental steps. Einstein did not arrive at the Theory of Relativity by improving an existing explanation. Instead, his curiosity and imagination led him to a completely new way of explaining space and time.

New discoveries are often completely different ways of explaining things since they uncover information that was previously hidden. This uncovering of previously hidden explanations is called emergence.

When we try to solve a problem, we often rely on our experience and perhaps the experience of others around us. However, like Einstein, we should not discount our creative ability to imagine solutions as well.