loqi comments on Don't Think Too Hard. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 October 2009 09:48:38AM 6 points [-]

If a problem seems intractable, then, you may not be able to make headway by THINKING about it harder.

Doesn't follow. First, that intense thinking primes the brain with the info it needs to correlate.

Second, I've often had insights on walks immediately following a working day.

Third, I've not uncommonly had insights during the actual working day as a result of hunching over and thinking really hard.

Comment author: loqi 05 October 2009 05:04:36PM 1 point [-]

I wonder if your ability to consistently produce insight by thinking really hard is somewhat atypical. And I'm curious, how "verbal" is that process for you? The bulk of my surprise insights seem to come from face-to-face discussion forcing me to verbalize my thoughts on the spot.