Take notes on "Relax and inspire" in the BBC Study Brain Science and Education Panel

Last night, I watched the BBC Science and Education film on the brain, and told me that inspiration was usually flashed in a relaxed environment. For example, Newton saw the apple landing in the orchard and thought of universal gravitation; Galileo thought of the pendulum in the church; Watt saw the boiling water opening the lid, thought of the power of steam, invented the steam engine ......

As a programmer, you can also use it for reference.
The following are the texts I pieced together:
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Take a watch with only seconds, with the number of seconds, when the speed of the number of seconds is consistent with the speed of the second, the tension can be mitigated.
The principle is very simple. When the stress occurs, the heartbeat speed will inevitably increase. When the attention is concentrated in seconds, the heartbeat speed is slow, the physiological status is relaxed, and the psychology is relaxed.

I think this method is very good. It is very convenient and easy to implement, and it does not take much time. It is suitable for use before the exam.

 

Easy to understand. this form of inspiration is not based on the stimulation of external information, but through the inner understanding of the mind, through the internal "flash of thoughts ". for example, Einstein began thinking since 1895: "If I track a Ray at the speed of light, What will I see? "He repeatedly thought about this problem, but it has not been solved for many years. one morning in June 1905, when he got up, he suddenly thought: For an observer, two events at the same time are not necessarily the same for other observers. he quickly realized that this was a breakthrough and firmly grasped the "flash of inspiration". Later, he spent only five or six weeks writing a famous paper proposing special relativity.

From the basic form of inspiration, we can see that the temporary suspension of idle state is an important method for creators to shift attention, get rid of difficulties, and generate inspiration. such as walking, bathing, listening to music, reading books and books that have nothing to do with the problem to be solved, chatting with others outside of the professional, taking a rest before going to bed or just waking up, etc. it has been recorded that Descartes, Gauss, pengalle, Einstein, Wallace, Goethe, canonnong, humkotz, and others all said they had an experience of inspiration when they were resting in bed. A Japanese creativity Institute was established in December 1983 ~ In August 1984, 82 Japanese inventors were analyzed. The results showed that 52% of them had inspiration on their pillows, and 45% of them were inspired by the drive, 46% of the inspiration is generated during walking, and only 21% of the inspiration is generated on the work desk. it can be seen that there are more opportunities for inspiration in the songchi state than when there is a job shortage. of course, the above is only the general situation of inspiration. The process of inspiration is often different from person to person, not the same. for example, French physicist piepi conri believes that passion is easily produced in the forest; Feri prefers to lie on the silent grass and think about it; the canchuan tree is used to lie in bed at night; french mathematician amadaw is often inspired by the noise. The screenwriter Baker thinks that the ideal time for inspiration is to lie in the bath, while helmhorz thinks that it is early in the morning or when the weather is shining brightly. there are also people who will be inspired by the impact of wine. The French army lejiel, who wrote the famous "marcele "; china's Li Bai is even more proud of the "liquor-fighting poetry hundred articles ....... therefore, everyone should find the best way and the best time to induce inspiration based on their own circumstances, so as to better create. in fact, many creators have used this point intentionally or unintentionally, and Edison had the habit of sitting in a chair during the day. It is said that many good thoughts are generated like this.

 

In short, although the flash of inspiration is confusing, like a ghost, and difficult to understand, inspiration is not mysterious. It is also a controllable thinking activity. professor Qian Xuesen made an incisive exposition on this: "One thing is for sure. People don't ask for inspiration, and they don't get inspiration, it always takes a long time for the other two kinds of thinking to be prepared. therefore, inspiration is the brain activity that people can explore."