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I once got stoned and watched a washing machine wash a load from start to finish. Utterly fascinating and no way I'd have that focus unaltered. It's not clear w
by delichon 3y ago
I once got stoned and watched a washing machine wash a load from start to finish. Utterly fascinating and no way I'd have that focus unaltered. It's not clear whether it was a good use of time though.
- nomoreusernames 3y ago[dead]
- perihelions 3y agoYeah, but you can translate that into constructive focus on the level of normal high-level tasks such as programming, or reading, or mathematics or music or things of that sort?
- devmor 3y agoFor programming specifically I think that the majority of the time, most of us are not solving novel problems. There is probably a scale of complexity to triviality of task in which it hinders or helps respectively.
- rancour 3y agoI’ve had moments like those back when I used to smoke over a decade ago, but they’ll come to you regardless (they still come to me from time to time). The “utter fascination” is like a direct link to reality, the interconnected perception of sound and motion and abstract shapes and colors and reflections and other things is just fucking bewildering. We are just observers of something spectacular.
- mellutussa 3y agoPersonally I think the trick is to find it interesting. If I find something very interesting I can focus on it for hours on end. Perhaps the stoning material of choice alters what you find very interesting.