Monday, September 19, 2016 Explore or Exploit – when to do whichBy Liliana PalermoFor the HeraldThink Less, Think BetterA FRIEND of mine has a bad habit of narrating his experiences as they are taking place. In a series of experiments, we gave participants a free-association task while simultaneously taxing (7) their mental capacity to different degrees. Other times, we rely on, or “exploit,” what we already know, leaning on our expectations, trusting the comfort of a predictable environment. If creativity is markedly stymied by mind wandering, it is stymied to an extent that is very noticeable, striking and significant. The good side of this is that –by all indications in the language – those who have to deal with a wandering mind are quite a number.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 19, 2016 00:45 UTC