I lost it, I searched “shower” to find the appropriate … Sublem? Lemming hole? –Place to post it. Without turning off nsfw content, searching the word “shower” will completely destroy your train of thought. It really was so philosophical and I feel stupid now, half an hour later.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Keep trying to grasp it and just go back in the same physical space you were I when you came up with it.

    That also often happens to me, and doorways are kinda literally mind-wipers. So you’re in the bathroom, balling that thought for a while, deciding to go and write it down, step out of the bathroom…

    This is because our brains model reality based on physical locations. So a new room is a “new scene” and your brain starts a new chapter.

    It doesn’t even need to be an actual room. A door frame is sufficient. They tried this with a memory test where there’s two tables, you have to remember what’s on one and then arrange the other to match. For some they put a door frame between the tables, for some they didn’t. There’s a very clear effect.

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    11 hours ago

    It’ll come back to you…

    Probably next time you’re without your phone. Alone. On a bus. With your stop coming up. And an important meeting awaiting there. No stress.