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Why It Pays to Play Around
Just as biological evolution can require a balance between natural selection, which pushes uphill, and genetic drift, which does not, so too does creativity require a balance between the selection of useful ideas—where a focused mind comes in handy—and the suspension of that selection to play, dream, or allow the mind to wander.
If mind-wandering impacts creativity, then its opposite, the control of attention practiced in mindfulness meditation, should have the opposite effects, both good and bad. And indeed it does. A 2012 study showed, for example, that mindfulness meditation, by reducing mind-wandering, can improve scores on standardized academic tests, in contrast less mindful individuals perform better on creativity tests like that just mentioned.
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Just as biological evolution can require a balance between natural selection, which pushes uphill, and genetic drift, which does not, so too does creativity require a balance between the selection of useful ideas—where a focused mind comes in handy—and the suspension of that selection to play, dream, or allow the mind to wander.
If mind-wandering impacts creativity, then its opposite, the control of attention practiced in mindfulness meditation, should have the opposite effects, both good and bad. And indeed it does. A 2012 study showed, for example, that mindfulness meditation, by reducing mind-wandering, can improve scores on standardized academic tests, in contrast less mindful individuals perform better on creativity tests like that just mentioned.
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Nautilus
Why It Pays to Play Around
The 19th-century physicist Hermann von Helmholtz compared his progress in solving a problem to that of a mountain climber “compelled…
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Be like a dolphin. Be curious, keep a playful spirit, and always find a new reason to jump for joy 🐬💦
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“This is the real secret of life–
to be completely engaged with
what you are doing in the here and now.
And instead of calling it work,
realize it is play.”
。EU Court Backs Ban on Halal and Kosher Slaughter Practices
A Belgian law to ban this practice has now been backed Europe’s highest court,
in a move that could pave the way for other European nations to follow suit.
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A Belgian law to ban this practice has now been backed Europe’s highest court,
in a move that could pave the way for other European nations to follow suit.
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Euro Weekly News Spain
EU Court Backs Ban on Halal and Kosher Slaughter Practices
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has backed a Belgian bill to ban the slaughter of animals without prior stunning, which has sparked a backlash from parts of
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Winter Solstice 2020 -
Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Such an event was last observed nearly 800 hundred years ago, in 1226 and the next one is likely to take place in 2080.
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Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Such an event was last observed nearly 800 hundred years ago, in 1226 and the next one is likely to take place in 2080.
@IntegralLife