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Re:DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet wh... by jamil7 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:27AM (#24501765)
My colleague used to joke about having “shower ideas” he’d come into work with some new direction or solution he’d come up with while in the shower or doing other day to day non-programming things. I’ve heard other people mention walking around the block works for them too.
Re:DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet wh... by Corrado on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:16AM (#24501989)
Oh yes, I certainly have "shower ideas" and I usually actively cultivate them. Sometimes its actually in the shower but other times it's while I'm mowing grass. It happens enough that I've grown to depend on it and use it purposefully - "I can't figure this out so I'm going to not think about it and go mow grass."

The trick is you have to stop trying to solve the problem and just let your brain work on it in the background.