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Wait but haven't there been posts on this very site where studies showed that daydreams & wandering minds help creativity as well? e.g. Something in this articl

by k8si 10y ago

Wait but haven't there been posts on this very site where studies showed that daydreams & wandering minds help creativity as well? e.g. Something in this article must have been linked and upvoted here at some point: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/mind-wandering_n_4024852.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/mind-wandering_n_40...

1457389 10y ago
Sadness is also linked to creativity: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/08/27/happy-sadness-how-mixed-emotions-fuel-creativity/ http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/08/27/happy-sadne... Bunch of stuff out there to support it, anecdotally I would agree. If you're too happy why bother doing/thinking differently?
- threatofrain 10y ago
  When you're frustrated you also behave more variably, and behavioral variability is important to the discovery of novelty.