Boredom and Creativity: Is boredom a path to brilliance?
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Boredom and Creativity: Is boredom a path to brilliance?
boredom should “be recognized as a legitimate human emotion that can be central to learning and creativity.”30 Falling into boredom allows our brain to tune out the external world and tune into the internal. This state of mind lets loose the most complex instrument known to us, switching the brain from the focused to the diffused mode of thinking.
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