Detecting Imagination in design
From ResearchID.org
Imagination can be empirically detected quantitatively in the design of an object by examining the minimum amount of memory required to model the functionality or environment that has been controlled to achieve the designed object. However, it may not be possible to distinguish the diference between evidence found for "imagination" level and the evidence for "knowledge" level, since a designer would not any longer require imagination tools once he has aquired the knoledge and technology the first time during research and development. Additional memory and functionality required to perform Accurate and Precise Irreducibly complex system design can be measured by accounting for memory requirements of each individual object of a coordinated, interdependent, hierarchical system.
Also see Detecting Knowledge in design
Instead of quantifying memory in the form of neurons, it is better to quantify the amount of information and minimum model resolution required using well established methods from computer science.
Example of detecting imagination in designed objects
