That's very interesting, especially as someone who did pretty well on those competitions. I don't doubt the finding, but I do think that it possible to put your

That's very interesting, especially as someone who did pretty well on those competitions. I don't doubt the finding, but I do think that it possible to put your mind in different modes. I frequently think about "running" vs "going slow" when solving problems at work. I use the former for whipping up a single use script and sketching solutions, and the latter for permanent solution, especially in hard domains. I think knowing both modes can be useful, and knowing only one can be limiting, no matter which one it is.