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- razorsharp84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57Maybe it's because there are fewer people around and events going on that detract from focusing on creative processes during the daytime
- CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38Goddamn high school, why can't it start at 9:00 am? Stupid parents and their ***** "free baby-sitting".
- vgcf, on 10/12/2007, -6/+42O RLY?
- aahpandasrun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31There is a big difference between causation and correlation. Staying up late doesn't make you creative, and being creative doesn't mean that you stay up late. The reason for this statistic is probably because people who have lifestyles that stray away from the norm, such as staying up really late, tend to be more creative outside the box type of people.
- SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Exactly. There's nothing to do at 4am besides make stuff to entertain myself with. Ever seen TV at 4am? There's no one around to talk to, you can't go anywhere. You're basically stuck in your house with nothing but free time. So you get creative.
- VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27Whenever I had an avalanche of work to do in high school over an extended period of time, I would usually fall into a pattern of sleeping in the afternoon and working all night. It was perfect for exactly that reason, no distractions at all.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23This is actually the first valid and funny use of O RLY? on Digg thus far...bravo
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18And the article agrees!
"Being in a situation which diverges from conventional habit — nocturnal types often experience this situation — may encourage the development of a non-conventional spirit and of the ability to find alternative and original solutions,"
Honestly, the article's own headline is pretty misleading. The report is far less overt about its findings. - jecobo, on 06/11/2009, -0/+12While most of the article makes sense, the last couple of paragraphs got me:
"He suggested that the observed differences in creativity might have to do with the fact that evening people also tend to be more extroverted than morning and intermediate types.
'One could reasonably envision a link between the personality trait of extraversion and the finding of creativity,' Van Dongen said."
I don't know if I agree with that - creative people seem to be more introverted. - SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Or it could be the fact that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of heart disease, improves mental functions and improves social relations (which is also associated with longer lives).
- MurderMystery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Well I am a night-owl, and I like compliments, even if they don't correctly identify what type of person that I am...Dugg!
- yableo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10i wonder if morning people are just conformists and therefore boring
(and I thought this article would be about OWLS for some reason...) - bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It really is much easier to concentrate in the dead of night. No one to bother you, less ambient noise. When you get into something, it seems like time stops still and its much easier to think or learn. I really don't think it has anything to do with who you are, though. It really just depends on what circumstances people can think best under.
- maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9in highschool I never got more than 4 hours a sleep a night. Usually after a full week of school, I would have around the amount of sleep altogether for one good nights sleep. Now in college its a bit better because I can usually shoot for classes that start later, but there are still plenty of sleepless nights. I like to go to sleep around 4am and wake up around noonish.
(going to college for graphic design) - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It would have been more creative for you to disagree with the article.
- tmesis, on 10/12/2007, -11/+17English, *****. Do you speak it?
- Quiwi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6avolant: maybe you would have fared a little better if you at least replied YA RLY!
- Gizza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6When i was at uni i very rarely went to sleep before 4am, and just slept til about 2pm. I always was able to get a lot more work done after everyone else had gone to bed.
Something about the knowledge that there's nothing else to do at the time gets you motivated, otherwise I'm always procrastinating. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I don't see anything misleading about the title at all.
It doesn't say "Staying up late makes you more creative." - nebloof, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It might be more likely for night owls to be creative, but that's not true for me. I have no creativity whatsoever but I'm definitely wired to be awake at night.
- Lewie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm definitely a night person, and I am more introverted. Creativity - sometimes (more often at night).
- orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I completely agree with this article, I am a night owl.
- GliTCH82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I totally agree, as a night owl I am definitely thinking up new and creative ways of ***** myself over by being asleep while most of the world is awake, thus limiting my chances of conducting successful business and planning ahead for the future.
So, therein lies a dilemma: Should you stay up all night and work on a new killer app, or wake up early to promote the one you've already finished? - a22e, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am going to wait until 3:00 A.M to comment on this.
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think it's that people who are creative like to use their time.
Sleep seems like a waste. You could be doing something/missing something in that time. - Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No wai!
- jadeshade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Maybe it's because there are fewer people around and events going on that detract from focusing on creative processes during the daytime"
...and then they made digg... - tmesis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@psygnisfive
... as well as spelling, grammar, and most importantly, not writing like a 6 year old with 47 chromosomes. Sorry to be harsh, but that post gave me a headache. - Lindsay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Interesting article..but the tests are pretty subjective. I wish they would have included family findings in their study. I would like to seem more research on night owls in the future. I have been a night owl for awhile now...
- orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In this case I was not shooting for creativity, rather I was aiming for vanity.
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'll still look smarter because I'll be able to comment before you, thanks to my special GMT+1 strength.
- 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bad punctuation requires a Pulp Fiction quote...
- jmintz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2....as opposed to Day Owls? ;-) Who came up with that one anyway?
Excuse me while I log-off my electronic computer! - Er0z, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Time to pull my comment from GameFAQs.
Message to all Insomniacs: "You do a lot with your time instead of wasting it by sleeping." - diggtard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg after midnight
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Which is fair.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I knew it! I created all my Photoshop stuff at 3:00AM back in the day. lol
- mickstephenson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1tmesis, do you speak english you ***** yank? i have to read you ***** butchering our language, and now your taking the piss out of someones spelling and grammar, what does typing have to do with speaking. not everyone has a natural ability for spelling and grammar, and others like me don't care for it much. i dont use caps, can you handle that?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, Ya Think?! Somebody came up with this theory at noon.
- Alegis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reminds me from an interview with one of the chiefs behind MySQL. "Those that appreciate the serenity, calmness of the night make great programmers"
- phenolholic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i've always been a night person. i do my greatest work/thinking in the wee hours. i also love going anywhere and not seeing a single soul in the street or in stores (24 hour stores like walmart, winn dixie, or gas stations).
- Buga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is definitely true for me. I've said for years now that I would give anything to have a design job where I worked at nights rather than day. I do all of my freelance work at night and productivity level is a lot higher. I work faster because I have more ideas for design and I can lay it out entirely through my head. I dont have any distractions unlike during the day time. I zone in and focus. I also ONLY do 3D work at night because it's when I speed model best
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2valid? may be. may be not. Creative? hell yeah!
- HigheR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is a study of 120 men and women.
So it must be true - grinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree. I find working in the middle of the night to be peaceful and often much more productive than my work during the day..
- MistressRoninS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ razorsharp84
I agree with you but, for me it is the opposite. I'm a night person and an artist, practically everything I like doing at night creative but I decided to wake up early and work on my art projects during the day because I am more productive for some reason during the day and a happier person overall. It has been a lifelong instinct for me to be up late and often until sunrise- Still, trying both schemes, the day hours provide me with more productivity as a creative person. A social sense of irresponsibility is often associated with staying up late as well and because of this, some times I find myself placing less value on my late hours time and the things I do out of boredom. The availability of chat with others and more scheduled programs/ entertainment during the day tends to give me a better sense of being on time with the rest of the world, a sense I lose some times during a regular night owl schedule which can even result in depression.
Off topic: Also, I got distracted by the article because of the big ADVERTISEMENT after the first paragraph. Now I am wondering if its my script blocker that removed an advertisement or if that was referring to the article or not...
MRS - akzidenzgrotesk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1see, im much more like MistressRoninS here...
but my internal clock is all wired wrong. i work really well in the morning, before lunch (i try to get to work around 730 or 8 so i get a couple of good hours in before anyone else really gets there and gets motivated), then after lunch im fairly useless until about 430 or so. then im great until around 9, when i start to get sleepy. if i can make until midnight though, then im good to go for the rest of the night. so really, when people ask me whether im a morning or night person, i really have no idea. i guess im just not a good transitional period person, because if left to my own devices id probably sleep afternoon, dusk and early early morning and be awake for the morning, evening and night.
as far as creativity, in the people i know personally, it seems either early early morning or late late night people are the most creative, but the flexible ones are the most successful at doing anything about the creativity they have. - jamend, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oops
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What made this instance of "O RLY?" funnier than the last? Wait, stupid question since it's not even funny, witty or creative.
Seriously, this is supposed to be humor? - avolant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Can't you see what you've done. Your one funny comment will now lead to hundreds of attempts to do the same."
^ o rly?
not trying to defend it. anticipated (and relish!) the diggdown. just saying. -
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