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Caffeine seems to help power through dull, repetitive tasks but also stifles creativity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20888549/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.n
by slv77 9y ago
Caffeine seems to help power through dull, repetitive tasks but also stifles creativity:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20888549/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20888549/
Sad that we live in a world where it seemingly needs to be so ubiquitous.
- dTal 9y agoGot a source on the "stifling creativity" thing? I don't see anything about it in the abstract, and I don't particularly want to pay $36 to read the paper.
- slv77 9y agoThe New Yorker summarized the study here: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-caffeine-can-cramp-creativity http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-caffeine-can-cram...
- dTal 9y agoInteresting, thanks. That makes sense in retrospect and fits well with other research I'd heard of. (tl;dr a wandering mind is good for creativity. Caffeine stimulates focus and inhibits mind wandering) It's not quite a slam dunk though - the mind wandering is supposed to happen before the creative act. So I see no reason why going for a walk, then sitting down to write with a cup of coffee, should have any negative effects whatsoever.