Blind variation and selective retention in creative thought as in other knowledge processes

Campbell, D. T. (1960). Blind variation and selective retention in creative thought as in other knowledge processes. Psychological Review, 67(6), 380-400.

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1960

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https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040373matched

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• Variation Strategies
  • The deliberate practice of injecting controlled variation into a process, population, or system to surface alternatives, manage uncertainty, accelerate learning, increase robustness, or escape local optima, a structural mechanism Campbell (1960) formalized as "blind variation and selective retention" underlying all knowledge-generation processes.

    This sourceFoundational framing of variation-and-selection as the universal mechanism by which novel knowledge and adaptive structure are generated across biological, cognitive, and cultural domains.

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