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This article made me think of a list I've been informally trying to make, of what stupidity feels like on the inside. The point is to identify when I'm writing code poorly - as the output will probably be even more bugridden than normal, and possibly the output is appropriate to debug-by-starting-over (Though starting over violates my normal policy.)
Stupidity feels like being bored, being in pain, being distracted, wanting to do anything else than this. Stupidity feels like being unworthy of these divine (external) ideas. Stupidity feels like blind plodding obedience. Stupidity feels like lovely and/or grotesque baroque clevernesses.
Trying to stop working and recover when I notice myself being stupid might be the right move, but I think pushing through it (aside from staying up late, which is a mistake) is a better policy. You have to learn to be productive on demand rather than when you're in the mood for it.
This is something I thought about a lot while I was recovering from brain damage and thus transiently a lot stupider than I normally am.
A few of mine:
Stupidity feels like not having enough fingers to hold all of my thoughts in place.
It feels like being tired all the time, even when I'm not.
It feels like merging onto the highway when I can't see all the oncoming traffic.
It feels like someone's playing loud distracting music that I can't hear.
It feels like riding on a train with square wheels.
This metaphor is excellent. That is exactly how I feel when I undersleep/oversleep.