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<node id="391330" title="Re: brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem" created="2004-09-15 19:51:25" updated="2005-08-10 16:54:01">
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&lt;b&gt;Have you watched The Daily Show with Jon Stewart?,&lt;/b&gt;
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Several people commented along the lines of "take a break and do something else and it will come to you".
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This has happened to me enough times that I really started to think about how/why it worked.
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My theory is that it puts your mind into a different problem solving mode, similar to problem solving in the dream-like state, which I've also experienced.  This seems to allow greater creativity, new approaches, and synthesis.
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