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"Drowning your sorrows is always an option, but could there be creativity in the bottom of that glass too? Unsurprisingly, several researchers have endeavoured
by zemaj 17y ago
"Drowning your sorrows is always an option, but could there be creativity in the bottom of that glass too? Unsurprisingly, several researchers have endeavoured to find out. After all, many of the most creative pursuits - jazz, for instance, and poetry - are associated with heavy boozing. Alas, not just one but several separate studies have come to the same conclusion: drinking alcohol does not make you more creative, it just makes you feel that you are, which, as everyone knows, is the next best thing."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227073.200-raise-a-glass.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227073.200-raise-a-g...
- zemaj 17y agoAlso is it just me, or does that article piss anyone else on fundamental level. I'm quite a heavy drinker but suggesting alcohol is inducive to creativity is completely irresponsible. Do a quick Google and you'll find plenty of studies countering this point. I think having an understanding of the detrimental effects of alcohol is vitally important to using it responsibility. That article uses the exact kind of vague pseudo-science language and logic that can fool most people into believing it's correct. It should be the writer's responsibility to check these facts. Someone should be holding him responsible. I don't know how Philip Hunter got his job as a "science journalist", but I'm pretty sure he didn't study any science to get there. grumble grumble I must be getting old. I've never argued on the anti-drug side before.
- biohacker42 17y agoThere a millions of people who get high every day, but there's still only one Jimi Hendrix.