until now, the accepted view has been that our ancestors underwent a 「creative explosion」 around 30, 000 to 40, 000 years ago, when they suddenly began to think abstractly and create rock art.
到目前为止广为接收的观点是,我们的先人在距今3万到4万年前经历了一次「创造的爆炸」,当时他们突然开始进行抽象思考,并且创造石刻艺术。
thinking about distance in both time and space seems to cue the mind to think abstractly and consequently more creatively.
同时考虑时间和空间上的距离可能可以引导抽象性思维,因此也更具有创造性。
we can think abstractly about what the class does, rather than always having to be aware of how the class operates.
我们可以抽象地认为一个类所做的无非就是类做了些什么操作。