[modeless]

Pattern recognition and brute force search are not the same thing. Deep Blue was literally trying every possible move many moves deep, with some heuristics to avoid wasting time on obviously bad options. Humans definitely don't do that.

[Daub]

Noted. I appreciate the distinction that you are trying to make.

I guess that my point is that humans are not true problem solvers. Rather they are 'solution apply-ers', with the solutions being permutations of existing material.