Are There Rationality Techniques Similar to Staring at the Wall for 4 Hours?

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If people are using sleep deprivation, showers, lying in bed, or long drives to think, it's probably primarily the absence of interruption (from books and screens and people) that triggers valuable thoughts and thinking, not the tasks themselves. (although freeway driving might potentially do more good than harm by consistently keeping certain parts of the brain stimulated).