Firstly, as I said, all the post-TRIZ works by Altshuller were exactly about training the creativity as a personality trait, not about the formal invention methods.<p>Secondly, if <i>simulating</i> creativity is indistinguishable (by the outcome) from a &quot;true&quot; creativity, then the very existence of creativity is questionable, and it is likely that all forms of creativity can be explained by simply knowing (maybe subconsciously) a number of techniques of &quot;simulating&quot; the creativity.