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Why Thinner People Are More Creative
- petercooper 16y agoA self confessed "crackpot theory" but I wonder if his hunch connects in with the, I believe, demonstrated findings that sleep deprivation can temporarily enhance creativity and reduce depression in some subjects. (I've seen quite a few items on this over the years but for the sake of actually having a citation for once, here's the first thing I Googled ;-) http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/49769/How-Lack-of-Sleep-Can-Make-You-More-Creative http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/49769/How-Lack-of-... )
- beagle3 16y agoI've just finished reading "Left in the Dark" http://leftinthedark.org.uk/ http://leftinthedark.org.uk/ Mind=Blown; much less crackpot than you'd think, and with a hypothesis that explains it.
- Pyrodogg 16y agoPrevious discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1898600 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1898600