Or, what do you call it? "recursive thinking"? "ruminating"?

These crude human words (mouth sounds) refer to the same kind of thing, more or less. I wonder...

A thinking machine can use pseudorandom data to make novel discoveries. Probably. Explore a space of coefficients or whatever by poking around randomly? Oh, when you're ruminating about something, does it also serve as a source of "random" for your self-aware you (id, drew, whatever).

These thought loops that pop up from your "repressed" subconscious or whatever can both amplify things that are "important" (You embarrassed yourself: don't do that).

And they also serve as a source of random for your drew (or roy, whatever).

Thats my thesis, see?