I've only recently rediscovered the power of letting yourself get bored once in a while. Of letting the mind wander without constraints.
Freeman Dyson commented that Oppenheimer's inability to do this was a great flaw: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/freeman-dyson-on-j-robert-oppenheimer/ …
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Who was it that said he was also held back by his determination and unwillingness to give up on a problem?
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@paulg Are you maybe thinking of Minsky making the inverse statement about Feynman?pic.twitter.com/Vn8bT20e0e
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related is Brian Eno's oblique strategies. I have started using them when stuck and it helps.
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