The Genius Who Plays For A Living | Popular Science - 35 views
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Hirsh-Pasek found that the second group—the ones engaged in what she calls guided play—came up with the most creative solutions. The same idea applies to scientists, she says: They do their best work when they’re free to play around with a known set of problems.
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“Scientists actually are the few people who as adults get to have this protected time when they can just explore, play, figure out what the world is like.”
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“We know each other so well that it makes for a really effective combination,” Erik says. “He’s always trying to reinject some playfulness into my serious work. It lets us do things that neither of us could do.”
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