Problem-Solving

[ysabetwordsmith]

New study backs up 'sleeping on it,' suggesting naps promote creative problem-solving

All groups improved in the dot-sorting test after their nap, but 85.7% of those who achieved the first deeper sleep phase — called N2 sleep — had the breakthrough.

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Re: A detail

[dialecticdreamer]

Oh, there's a gazillion things that I don't know, but in too many areas (like string theory), the official line is that "the theory is the only one that makes sense, BUT--" and they haven't made progress in two decades. Ditto for other areas that I follow closely.

I mean, reclassifying Brontosaurus as Apatosaurus was a PITA, reclassifying Pluto as not-a-planet makes scientific sense and flies in the face of popular perceptions OF science, so there's an enormous drawback to world-changing scientific developments. I'd just like to be able to see /progress/ in fields that most interest me. Even if I'm currently holding erroneous information as "fact" in my head.