Thanks for your thoughts.

I don't have a strong opinion one way or another about "multiple intelligences". It certainly makes sense in many ways to me.

But it also seems to at least somewhat contradict one phenomenon I noted. Certain programming tasks require so much concentration that I must have utter peace. I really don't think that these programming tasks exercise every single one of my brain's "intelligences" so I don't see how total lack of distraction is advantageous there when using this theory of "distracting your other intelligences".

And, there really does appear to be an optimal level of over-all stimulation that most people strongly work toward. Any number of forms of stimulation work for me, each by itself. So I'm happy riding my bike or reading or doing a puzzle, usually without any extra stimulation. But riding the bus or watching a show or less intense conversation leaves me almost desperate for something to fiddle with. And watching an interesting show or programming usually has me wanting some background task to go along with it.

Brain wave studies might shed some light on this. Concentrating results in a certain frequency of "brain wave" to become dominant, perhaps to globally communicate to your whole brain to shut up with the distractions unless you are involved in the important work currently being concentrated on?

- tye        

In reply to Re^4: Personality Splits and Programming (IQs) by tye
in thread Personality Splits and Programming by biohisham

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