pdf23ds comments on Don't Think Too Hard. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 October 2009 04:08:50PM *  2 points [-]

I benefit from concentrated work and then I have my biggest breakthroughs in the shower or while running.

That you have to be in the shower or something to have an idea is probably indication that in the lab you are doing it wrong. Maybe there is a good manual on how to think productively? It'd be a right topic for a post.

Comment author: pdf23ds 05 October 2009 06:08:13PM 0 points [-]

I think this might be about right. I rarely have interesting insights while doing other things, but there was this one time where I was trying to fall asleep and suddenly figured out what the bug was in the code I had been working on a couple hours before. I had it down to the exact line that was wrong. But that's very much the exception for me. I'd be interested in such a post.