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So, based on this and a recent news story (discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22503438), the rule seems to be:

* Need to do some convergent thinking? Caffeine.

* Need to do some divergent thinking? Walk.

Each of these helps with one type of thinking but not the other.

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Real geniuses walk and drink their coffee at the same time.

Being semi-serious for a moment, I'm genuinely unsure which strategy is best. On the one hand, why not unlock all of your brain's potential? On the other hand, would it make sense to consciously choose which type of thinking to enable? Basically open only the door that leads to the path you want to take.

Convergent thinking + divergent thinking = linear thinking ?

Or is it caffeine + walking = laminar thought flow ?

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