[HN Gopher] Creative people enjoy idle time more than others: study
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Creative people enjoy idle time more than others: study
Author : shsachdev
Score : 53 points
Date : 2023-07-15 18:24 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| heinrichhartman wrote:
| I am pretty sure the study is not able to distinguish causality
| from coronation. To me, the reverse implication seems more
| likely: Downtime makes you creative.
| philipov wrote:
| "People who enjoy idle time tend to be more creative" seems
| like an equivalent statement. It doesn't have to imply
| causality one way or the other. And I think the word you're
| looking for is correlation, not coronation.
| civilitty wrote:
| _> I am pretty sure the study is not able to distinguish
| causality from coronation._
|
| It's sociology research. They wouldn't know their coronation
| from their correlation.
| jabradoodle wrote:
| As opposed to which social sciences that do?
|
| At least it isn't a neo liberal mouth piece like economics.
| etrautmann wrote:
| You're claiming the field of economics is liberal?
| asimovfan wrote:
| Isn't it?
| fasthands9 wrote:
| I feel like their study is pretty flimsy for many reasons - but
| they had random people sit in a room with not much to do and
| observed how productive they were.
|
| _If_ you assumed this was measuring something real, then your
| implied causation doesnt make sense. Everyone was given equal
| time.
| JimtheCoder wrote:
| "Downtime makes you creative."
|
| I am not sure I agree with that.
|
| Being creative is an act in itself, IMO. You're not sitting
| around bored, and then a brilliant idea pops out...
| waynesonfire wrote:
| If you're too busy trying to put food on the table it leaves
| little time to explorer, be creative, in ways that doesn't
| move you up the needs pyramid, at least in the short term.
| Or, just "busy" doing other shit. Indeed, downtime is
| required for creativity.
|
| At a workplace, if you've got super tight deadlines you don't
| have much space to explorer ideas. That deadspace is vital to
| produce better solutions. Assuming it's not wasted reading
| HN.
| [deleted]
| philipov wrote:
| Downtime doesn't make you creative, but downtime gives you
| space to be creative. Boredom is a critical ingredient in my
| creativity, because when I'm bored, I find creative ways to
| fill the boredom.
|
| Boredom is the purest reservoir of intrinsic motivation one
| can tap.
| steve_adams_86 wrote:
| No, but downtime might lead to people pursuing stimulating
| activities and thoughts, which could necessitate creative
| thinking.
|
| I don't know which comes first. I'm not a creative person in
| the slightest so I have no insights about it.
| nicbou wrote:
| Kind of? I do my best work during road trips, because I am
| forced to be alone with my thoughts for hours on end. Ideas
| just tend to float the surface if you don't muddle the
| waters.
|
| I deliberately integrate a bit of boredom into my work. I
| force myself to let things rest until I figure out a better
| design. I go on walks or have tea on the balcony to let good
| ideas form.
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