<s>
A	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
Knowledge-line	B-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
mental	O
agent	O
which	O
represents	O
an	O
association	O
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
other	O
mental	O
agents	O
found	O
active	O
when	O
a	O
subject	O
solves	O
a	O
certain	O
problem	O
or	O
formulates	O
a	O
new	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
first	O
described	O
in	O
Marvin	O
Minsky	O
's	O
essay	O
K-lines	B-General_Concept
:	O
A	O
Theory	O
of	O
Memory	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1980	O
in	O
the	O
journal	O
Cognitive	O
Science	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
you	O
"	O
get	O
an	O
idea	O
,	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
solve	O
a	O
problem	O
"	O
...	O
you	O
create	O
what	O
we	O
shall	O
call	O
a	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
that	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
is	O
later	O
"	O
activated	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
reactivates	O
...	O
mental	O
agencies	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
partial	O
mental	O
state	O
"	O
resembling	O
the	O
original.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Whenever	O
you	O
'	O
get	O
a	O
good	O
idea	O
 '	O
,	O
solve	O
a	O
problem	O
,	O
or	O
have	O
a	O
memorable	O
experience	O
,	O
you	O
activate	O
a	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
to	O
'	O
represent	O
 '	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
wirelike	O
structure	O
that	O
attaches	O
itself	O
to	O
whichever	O
mental	O
agents	O
are	O
active	O
when	O
you	O
solve	O
a	O
problem	O
or	O
have	O
a	O
good	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
you	O
activate	O
that	O
K-line	B-General_Concept
later	O
,	O
the	O
agents	O
attached	O
to	O
it	O
are	O
aroused	O
,	O
putting	O
you	O
into	O
a	O
'	O
mental	O
state	O
 '	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
one	O
you	O
were	O
in	O
when	O
you	O
solved	O
that	O
problem	O
or	O
got	O
that	O
idea	O
.	O
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