304 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? time. Often, if a problem seems impossible, he will sleep on it. When he wakes the next morning, he will frequently find the problem has solved itself and a solution is ready at hand. Art The final class of creative thinking we generally recognize is artistic skill. This is probably a form of convergent thinking, except both the problem and the solution are open. Good artists are considered highly creative and most people tend to agree on what constitutes good art. There are some arguments but they are usually more about genres. I might not appreciate modern installation art, even to the point of declaring it, “not art” But, when forced to ignore their prejudices most people tend to agree on the distinction between good and bad. Painting, sculpture, music, architecture and poetry are the traditional fine arts. There is often some argument over architecture: is it not too ‘functional to be considered an artistic endeavor? After all, art is not supposed to have any purpose other than to be, well, art. This definition inevitably leads to arguments about whether bad art is still ‘art. Art should be artful and how do you arrange a pile of used tires artfully? But this isa very narrow definition. I prefer to define art as something that provokes an emotional response in the beholder. Using this definition, the fact that a pile of tires disgusts and annoys you is exactly the point. Perhaps a more ‘enlightened’ viewer than you is intrigued by the clever use of materials. Regardless, we consider art to be a creative endeavor and we can measure it using the criteria of novelty and quality. Since most people agree on these measures for a given piece of art, we can use the wisdom of crowds to give us a scientific scale. That does not mean there won't be art that you love but which leaves me cold. That is the joy of it. Novelty and quality are not the same as joy and pleasure, far less the tingle factor. A quick test for artistic skill is