>[!abstract] >The **taste of a spark** is my original expression for the pleasant sensation from neural connections forming when we are exposed to a new and interesting idea (I don't mean this literally — I understand that we cannot *feel* neural connections forming, nor that they necessarily form when we internalize a new idea). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —