It would be pretty interesting to visualize brainstorming sessions or problem-solving attempts that don’t quite get the job done.
There’s something oddly tragic and beautiful about the notion of a brain rustling around an issue, prodding it from many angles, and occasionally rebounding with an ache and a “THWRANG” after a head-long charge. If these thoughts and the trends and tacks they tend to take were visualized properly, maybe we’d be able to find the loose bits of the tangled threads and gently untie the knot.
Well, even if they weren’t particularly helpful, they certainly might make for emotion-laden bits of quant-art.