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NancyLebovitz comments on Neutralizing Physical Annoyances - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 September 2016 06:04:05AM 1 point [-]

All I've got is personal experience. Sometimes relaxing is speeding up the process of "When I stopped thinking about it, it popped into my mind".

I search for contextual clues, and sometimes it works. However, if I'm stuck on some idea about what the right answer is, but that isn't working, relaxing can help.