Why can you sit 2 hours trying to solve a programming/math problem, give up, go to bed & then when you wake up, solve the problem in 10 minutes?

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Why can you sit 2 hours trying to solve a programming/math problem, give up, go to bed & then when you wake up, solve the problem in 10 minutes?

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I call it “incubation”. Some times, you fret over a problem and only see one (or a few) approaches, all of which were wrong. When you rest, your subconscious calls up other associations, and when you awake, the new solution presents itself.

This happens so often, I plan for it.

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