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My preferred method is to work through puzzles in one of those cheap logic magazines[0] while I'm busy with a problem that needs a creative solution. I feel (th
by lfowles 9y ago
My preferred method is to work through puzzles in one of those cheap logic magazines[0] while I'm busy with a problem that needs a creative solution. I feel (though this may have no bearing on reality) that the puzzles occupy logic-loving part of my brain while the creative part of my brain can stew on the actual work problem.
[0]: https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/product.aspx?c=LogicMathValuePacks&p=LDPK14 https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/product.aspx?c=LogicMathVal...
- Jtsummers 9y agoIf you're talking about the puzzles that can be almost mechanically solved (sudoku, cross numbers or whatever it's called, battleship, etc.), for me they're verging on meditative. It's not that they're easy, but I've done them enough I know what to do. It's the same for when I run (especially over the same route I've run many times before). There's nothing new in the activity, but it occupies enough of my mind that I get into a "zone". In that headspace, a great deal of other creative and free-associative thought seems to occur.