[extropy-chat] Speak of the devil; sleep stuff.

[Paul Grant]

'Just Sleep On It' Solves Tricky Problems?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/22/1315250&mode=thread&
tid=134

An anonymous reader writes "CBC news reports that the effectiveness of
'sleeping on it' when faced with a difficult task may have more than
just anecdotal roots. 66 students were trained to perform a calculation
on an eight digit number using two simple rules which would take seven
steps to complete. A different method existed to perform the same
calculation 'almost instantly', but was not shown to the students. After
eight hours, where half the students were allowed to sleep and the other
half remained awake, 60% of the rested and 22% of the wakeful students
discovered the more efficient method."