Ap Dijksterhuis
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 7 Sep
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The classic three Bs are uh the bed, the bus and the bath.
And um yeah, scientists jokingly said that these were the the moments uh where the
possibilities on on having a really good idea, an insightful idea, inspiration.
And and also the the last
hour, half hour before you really wake up and you're you're sort of in this half sleep uh is also for for many people a very productive uh moment.
And um in the car or public transport or train or plane uh is also known to be a a moment where where people do get um good ideas.
I again this is really a wonderful story.
And um when I studied the the working habits of all kinds of geniuses in the past, so scientists but also all kinds of artists, um
There are quite a number of commonalities between all these people.
One of them is that they they are passionate and they work hard and and but these things you would all you would you would expect.
But but one other commonality is they're all walkers.
They they they make their daily walks, sometimes two, three hours, sometimes shorter, but they all make their daily walks.
This goes one step further uh than than uh you know, merely taking a one or two hour walk.
But even if you if you just walk for one or two hours, what you you experience uh it's like the boundaries between consciousness and and your unconscious are s are slowly fading and they become uh as she said, more cohesive as long as you you know, you really concentrate on yourself, you know, you you uh um
if you do this more often or for a very prolonged time, these these boundaries fade even more and you increase the chance that indeed your unconscious comes up with a with even a a life changing idea of what to do.
Yes, most of the time it is.
If you wanna solve a scientific problem, of course you need the background knowledge and what she was talking about is is highly specific and and perhaps only uh a few people could have solved it in the first place.
This is true f not for all things, but for definitely for most things.
Um a good idea for a new novel will probably only
come to somebody who writes novels.
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