Why does the solution to a problem you’ve been stuck with, sometimes come to mind all of a sudden? Is my mind working on it “behind the scenes” without me “knowing”?

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I like to develop games as a hobby, and therefore usually encounter a lot of programming challenges, in other words: features i want to implement but dont really know how.

Ocasionally i spend a lot of time try to solve it, without success, and then, usually in the next couple of days, the thought containing the correct solution will suddenly appear in my mind, without me consciously focusing or even thinking about that topic.

What happened? Did my mind keep working on it, without me even “knowing” and then presented the solution?

Thanks!

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Took a programming course back in college around ’71. Got an assignment one day, and at home, flowcharted the required logic, then filled out coding forms so I could key them in the next day and test. Woke up in the middle of the night, knew it would not work, but knew exactly why and how to fix it. It was spot on. BTW , I retired about 8 years ago after a lifetime working for software houses, designing and building software. And when life tries to tell you something, you should listen.

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