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There was actually formal research done on this topic; IIRC, the results are generally as you said.
by whacked_new 19y ago
There was actually formal research done on this topic; IIRC, the results are generally as you said.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoThanks. I did not know that! If I were younger and looking for a job in sociology, maybe I would have done some of that formal research instead of posting half-assed speculation on news.yc. :)
- anon 19y ago" job in sociology," lol
- aflag 19y agoDoes you or anyone have links for articles about that research?
- whacked_new 19y agoI think this is the one I saw many years ago. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WM0-47S6KSS-7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b2d6a77f5d20c526d27ce73f758dedf2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi... It isn't exactly as mechanical_fish says, but it's along the same lines, and critically, it tries to explain why scientific contributions fade dramatically after marriage. Another interesting article, while doesn't count as research, likely because there isn't much of a sample size, and probably wouldn't be one anymore, is the Richard Hamming talk pg posted here: http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html After these inputs, a valid hypothesis is "monotony kills creativity." There are studies that show this idea is generally correct; if you ask, the ones I would cite to support this hypothesis would be ones about education, where stimulating environments correlate to achievement. Research in this area should be easy to find.
- mleonhard 19y agoWhy productivity fades with age: The crime-genius connection. Satoshi Kanazawa http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/MES/pdf/JRP2003.pdf http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/MES/pdf/JRP2003.pdf