Shower thoughts are really cool. They are more creative than what you would normally think of, because it actually broadens the range of inputs you are using to

Shower thoughts are really cool. They are more creative than what you would normally think of, because it actually broadens the range of inputs you are using to synthesize new ideas, which is what creativity is. Your environment greatly affects the creative output of your mind, because your mind is basically trying to pre-calculate routines that might appear so that it’s responsively faster if those routines occur. It’s part of what déjà vu is. Your brain already pre-calculated a thing that might happen a long time ago when you weren’t noticing, then it actually happened and you're like - Hey wait a sec, I kind of recognize this shit. Shower thoughts are broader, because the range that we use for our creativity is actually limited by our surroundings. For instance, if we're in a social setting around a lot of people, our brains would try to optimize the relations between people, the environment, the posture. There are so many social things that go on in a social setting that occupy your mind, like trying to understand what other people are saying, trying to educate them, tell them things etc. It’s very consuming to the mind, so when you are in the shower you probably don’t have music, you probably don’t have to think where to go next, or people you are trying to impress. It allows you to free your mind to create and synthesize new ideas using a broad range of inputs that can be a lot more random. This is because they’re not being refined or restricted to the same content matter that exists during the rest of the day, whether we are being influenced by work, or school or by a lover or any other type of social setting.