Hence any "conclusions" will also reflect a very narrow and not representative group. That are already skewed ( biased) towards library environment. (University of Central Lancashire ) .
Just short (Ask a seasoned statistician for more)
And correlations are NOT causality
( Mathematically proved by Judea Pearl - Turing price recipient not the political and narrow ( Upsalla University) group of notorious biased ones .
a: The sample group is hilariously small = statistical "power" is close to nil. ( 30 persons)
b: Diversity of group is nil on many NOT considered criteria ( all from same place)
c: There's music with lyrics that can be in a different language, that are part of a musical soundscape, so you can't really pay attention to words
d: Listening to WIDE, no lyrics music ( jazz - at least 50 styles I have only for that ),ambient, orchestral, classic ( gregorian, baroque, inpresionist, etc)
-I ALWAYS am more "enthusiastic " in writing and am more relaxed if I listen to music
- It's obviously that multitasking ( listening to words ) is detrimental to each task - thats how brain works in most mammals ( dolphins can "sleep " half a brain - but that doesn't imply they're able to multitask efficiently)
- I listen all the time to the city soundscape willy- nilly ( downtown Montréal)
- I 'mask" that most of the time with high end nature field recording ( surrogate nature ambient- from thunderstorms to loons on a lake with frogs at night)
- I actively listen yo some form of jazz ( Bill Evans playlist on repeat is productive, in my context. I might listen to Berlin electronica for getting in a "rhythm ". Or african ethnographic from Cabo Verde in a portuguese dialect ( don't pay attention to words, the rhythmic melodies are uplifting).
- Trumpet baroque is calming for me when writing
Setting the mood ( music, candles, favourite shirt, or PJ's, preferred chair, couch, room , meadow, etc is valid for anything. That's a truism . Being it the favourite axe in case you're an executioner and get some drumrolls. ( Being lazy and not skilled, I would go with a guillotine. Minimize the error outcomes. Hopefully. And increased consistency.
That's a big group of people that published just for the sake of personal advancement in a flawed academic criteria based construct.
Search "impact factor controversy " . And what impact facture is.
Fair enough, hopefully it at least sparks more research into the area, if for anything because I find it interesting, and I'm awesome.
As for impact factor controversy, I'm vaguely aware of it but seems like a big rabbit hole I'll have to save for another day. Seems related to how Google's engine was first formed (and still depend s on to a lesser degree).
And if that's anywhere near being true, then the rabbit hole just became a rabbit canyon--sounds fun.
You being awesome is by far less debatable than a journal impact factor. At any given time.
The rabbit hole is a complex of canyons and caverns that make most of the causal claims shaky because of what's under the foundation ( big holes).
The differences between high- and low-impact journals were modest and variability was high. The authors say this suggests that a journal’s impact factor is “a bad predictor for the quality of review of an individual manuscript”.
Have more fun with this article from the highest impact factor magazine ( Nature).
It takes one ( reviewer, author, editor) to know one. But going against the status quo is a recipe for personal disappointment and disaster to various degrees.
LOVED this post!!!! I ALWAYS would listen to music when I wrote -- much in the way that Quentin described in the quote you used. Now I find that I'm not doing it so much. Similar to Stephen King. I'm not sure why that is. Old age? Sobriety? When I give tips for writing memoirs, one of my big ones is listen to music to set your tone/inspire you. Funny that I have wained a bit on that myself, despite being such a music lover.
This is the first time I have read anything that explains the difference between my wife - with ADD - who always has the TV on and my need for silence when reading or writing anything that requires thought. I'm an introvert, and for me, silence is golden.
I read some comments deriding the study as not being statistically rigorous - too small a sample, etc. I read the study as a preliminary finding, and it made no pretense toward any rigorous analysis. It is just a finding from a small group of people. I don't care if they study 10,000 people; your statement about not all feet fitting the same pair of shoes is very accurate.
Some of us need to lighten up. I am retreating to my isolation chamber for total silence and a PB&T sandwich.
'I feel seen!' as the kids say. I can't listen to *anything* while writing. And this has led me to be the .0001% of the population that can't multitask to podcasts either (I'd have to physically just sit there on the floor and stare into an old timey radio and there's just no time for that). But after reading this, I think I may Tarantino my writing next time!
I've been thinking about finding certain bands/playlists/genres to get me in the zone before writing then turning them off. I know I've done it in the past, but my scatterbrain always forgets to jot down which is which.
The study mentioned is flawed. Majorly.
Hence any "conclusions" will also reflect a very narrow and not representative group. That are already skewed ( biased) towards library environment. (University of Central Lancashire ) .
Just short (Ask a seasoned statistician for more)
And correlations are NOT causality
( Mathematically proved by Judea Pearl - Turing price recipient not the political and narrow ( Upsalla University) group of notorious biased ones .
a: The sample group is hilariously small = statistical "power" is close to nil. ( 30 persons)
b: Diversity of group is nil on many NOT considered criteria ( all from same place)
c: There's music with lyrics that can be in a different language, that are part of a musical soundscape, so you can't really pay attention to words
d: Listening to WIDE, no lyrics music ( jazz - at least 50 styles I have only for that ),ambient, orchestral, classic ( gregorian, baroque, inpresionist, etc)
-I ALWAYS am more "enthusiastic " in writing and am more relaxed if I listen to music
- It's obviously that multitasking ( listening to words ) is detrimental to each task - thats how brain works in most mammals ( dolphins can "sleep " half a brain - but that doesn't imply they're able to multitask efficiently)
- I listen all the time to the city soundscape willy- nilly ( downtown Montréal)
- I 'mask" that most of the time with high end nature field recording ( surrogate nature ambient- from thunderstorms to loons on a lake with frogs at night)
- I actively listen yo some form of jazz ( Bill Evans playlist on repeat is productive, in my context. I might listen to Berlin electronica for getting in a "rhythm ". Or african ethnographic from Cabo Verde in a portuguese dialect ( don't pay attention to words, the rhythmic melodies are uplifting).
- Trumpet baroque is calming for me when writing
Setting the mood ( music, candles, favourite shirt, or PJ's, preferred chair, couch, room , meadow, etc is valid for anything. That's a truism . Being it the favourite axe in case you're an executioner and get some drumrolls. ( Being lazy and not skilled, I would go with a guillotine. Minimize the error outcomes. Hopefully. And increased consistency.
That's a big group of people that published just for the sake of personal advancement in a flawed academic criteria based construct.
Search "impact factor controversy " . And what impact facture is.
Fair enough, hopefully it at least sparks more research into the area, if for anything because I find it interesting, and I'm awesome.
As for impact factor controversy, I'm vaguely aware of it but seems like a big rabbit hole I'll have to save for another day. Seems related to how Google's engine was first formed (and still depend s on to a lesser degree).
And if that's anywhere near being true, then the rabbit hole just became a rabbit canyon--sounds fun.
You being awesome is by far less debatable than a journal impact factor. At any given time.
The rabbit hole is a complex of canyons and caverns that make most of the causal claims shaky because of what's under the foundation ( big holes).
The differences between high- and low-impact journals were modest and variability was high. The authors say this suggests that a journal’s impact factor is “a bad predictor for the quality of review of an individual manuscript”.
Have more fun with this article from the highest impact factor magazine ( Nature).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02787-5
Nice, I'll check that out
It takes one ( reviewer, author, editor) to know one. But going against the status quo is a recipe for personal disappointment and disaster to various degrees.
LOVED this post!!!! I ALWAYS would listen to music when I wrote -- much in the way that Quentin described in the quote you used. Now I find that I'm not doing it so much. Similar to Stephen King. I'm not sure why that is. Old age? Sobriety? When I give tips for writing memoirs, one of my big ones is listen to music to set your tone/inspire you. Funny that I have wained a bit on that myself, despite being such a music lover.
Never too late to start again haha
This is the first time I have read anything that explains the difference between my wife - with ADD - who always has the TV on and my need for silence when reading or writing anything that requires thought. I'm an introvert, and for me, silence is golden.
I read some comments deriding the study as not being statistically rigorous - too small a sample, etc. I read the study as a preliminary finding, and it made no pretense toward any rigorous analysis. It is just a finding from a small group of people. I don't care if they study 10,000 people; your statement about not all feet fitting the same pair of shoes is very accurate.
Some of us need to lighten up. I am retreating to my isolation chamber for total silence and a PB&T sandwich.
Haha I think we all need to lighten up, or at least more often. Also, where's the accompanied whiskey?
'I feel seen!' as the kids say. I can't listen to *anything* while writing. And this has led me to be the .0001% of the population that can't multitask to podcasts either (I'd have to physically just sit there on the floor and stare into an old timey radio and there's just no time for that). But after reading this, I think I may Tarantino my writing next time!
I've been thinking about finding certain bands/playlists/genres to get me in the zone before writing then turning them off. I know I've done it in the past, but my scatterbrain always forgets to jot down which is which.