What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep.

Re:What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep. by kiba on Sunday September 02, 2012 @08:02AM (#4466827)

So, it's a short post about how sleeping might help, but there's no attempt to actually conduct a scientific experiment to find out if you get better ideas by doing that. At the very least you could do is supplement your post with some citations.

Are startup people so lazy that they rely only on seat-of-the-pant anecdotal evidences?

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Re:What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep. by lvh on Sunday September 02, 2012 @08:38AM (#4466870)

To be fair, he does at least reference Wikipedia, which has well-sourced statements at least partially backing up what he appears to be claiming.

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Re:What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep. by zackyap on Sunday September 02, 2012 @11:25AM (#4467192)

^ Yeap. This. I was mainly trying to share a problem solving technique that's been working for me. I did look up Wikipedia for an explanation and linked to it. It was a pretty decent explanation with credible research sources. I'll make it more obvious that it isn't some sort of scientific self-quote.

Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for backing me up.

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Re:What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep. by keithpeter on Sunday September 02, 2012 @09:54AM (#4467011)

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5896.html

That unconscious thought aids creativity is an idea with some history behind it. The only problem I have with the original article is the intentionality that the author seems to claim. Mathematics used to just happen to me when I was thoroughly immersed in problems.

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Re:What to do when stuck on a problem? Sleep. by true_religion on Sunday September 02, 2012 @08:13AM (#4466840)

Try it. If it doesn't work for you, you'll know fairly quickly.

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