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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Rattling the Mind


Interesting NY Times piece on how "nonsense," anomalies, and general affronts to mental expectations serve to sharpen the mind and creativity, possibly by nudging the pattern-seeking brain into overdrive:

http://tinyurl.com/yzllqf2

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