Why Don't You Sleep On It? 318
thefirelane wrote to mention a New Scientist study that indicates your subconscious mind is a better decision maker than you are. From the article: "The research suggests the conscious mind should be trusted only with simple decisions, such as selecting a brand of oven glove. Sleeping on a big decision, such as buying a car or house, is more likely to produce a result people remain happy with than consciously weighing up the pros and cons of the problem, the researchers say. Thinking hard about a complex decision that rests on multiple factors appears to bamboozle the conscious mind so that people only consider a subset of information, which they weight inappropriately, resulting in an unsatisfactory choice. In contrast, the unconscious mind appears able to ponder over all the information and produce a decision that most people remain satisfied with."
Hmm (Score:1, Funny)
Hmmmm (Score:1, Funny)
Hrm (Score:3, Funny)
A-ha! (Score:5, Funny)
2. ???
Should actually be
2. Sleep
Boss... (Score:5, Funny)
Be patient. (Score:5, Funny)
Keep telling yourself that.. (Score:4, Funny)
Ya, riiiight.
Acutally all you are doing is giving the subliminal programming messages more time to take effect on your mind. Once the unconscious takeover is complete the "sheep" no longer complain.
Funny example (Score:4, Funny)
Yes but just think how good a job you could do picking out the right oven glove if you slept on it? The mind boggles.
Re:A-ha! (Score:4, Funny)
2. ???
it should be
2. ZZZ
At last (Score:5, Funny)
Chuck Norris... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A-ha! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A-ha! (Score:3, Funny)
2. ZZZ
3. ???
4. $$$
Re:Brighter in the morning? (Score:2, Funny)
I've usually found the opposite...
Re:There is some truth to this (Score:2, Funny)
slashdotters don't wake up next to female mistakes. you need more sleep.
Re:Brighter in the morning? (Score:3, Funny)
Geez, I want your job. My hour after waking is basically, "Oh, shit, I have to go get myself in order and go to my fucking job. :(
Unless it's the weekend, when I just don't bother waking up.
Re:Brighter in the morning? (Score:2, Funny)
> study. They had people work on puzzles while mulling over a decision.
I will need to remember this the next time I get in trouble for playing solitaire at work.
Re:No big surprise... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Chuck Norris... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There is some truth to this (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hrm (Score:2, Funny)
was going to post a rebuttal to this article, but I think I'll have a nap first.
That would suggest that /. posts are important decisions.
Re:Brighter in the morning? (Score:5, Funny)
I've had variants of this.
Once, many, many years ago, (for reference, I had just gotten a brand new Epson MX-80 printer for the mighty TRS-80 model I), I was working on some complex algorithm or another. I mean, in those days, a complex algorithm was pretty simple by today's standards, but didn't have much memory to work with, so you had to try to be clever.
In any case, went to sleep around 3am, exhausted. Immediately had a dream where the solution came to me. In the dream, I wrote it, tested it, and saved the file. But then I realized in the dream that I was asleep, so saving to a dream drive wouldn't work -- when I woke up again, it would be gone. So the solution was to print it. Somehow, in dream logic, the printout was more persistent.
The next morning, I knew I had to check the printer for something. Unfortunately, I found nothing there. I couldn't remember why I needed to check, although I felt really let down that there was no print out.
I gradually reconstructed the dream, and even got back to the solution I had come up with. Turned out to be incorrect, but got me on the right track
So true. (Score:3, Funny)
In related news.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Be patient. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Shower Smarts, Too! (Score:3, Funny)
Obviously I can't enforce it, but it sure does cut down on the pot posting.
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