According to these guys, just experiencing things that are out of the ordinary makes you more creative.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/why-weird-experiences-boost-creativity_b_1568677.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/why-weird-experiences-boost-creativity_b_1568677.html)
My holy mission is vindicated! :lulz:
This explains so much.
Well, duh, I,would think that is rather intuitive. They paid someone to study that?
It's not that unusual experiences improve cognitive flexibility that I was surprised by, so much as how readily it does it.
Though given the people out there, I have to wonder how so few people could have so few interesting experiences.
I guess that also reinforces my firm belief that everyone's a freak and the ones who seem normal are just better at hiding it. :lulz:
Quote from: CorbeauEtRenard on September 06, 2012, 01:32:35 AM
It's not that unusual experiences improve cognitive flexibility that I was surprised by, so much as how readily it does it.
Though given the people out there, I have to wonder how so few people could have so few interesting experiences.
I guess that also reinforces my firm belief that everyone's a freak and the ones who seem normal are just better at hiding it. :lulz:
I think that's pretty close to the truth.
the most significant part of this article is that it is apparently a breakfast delicacy in the Netherlands to have a butter and chocolate chip sandwich.