Meetings Make You Dumber

Maximum Prophet writes "Robert Heinlein once said that the committee was the only life form in the universe with three or more bellies and no brain. MSNBC reports that his statement may have some statistical truth to it. Researchers are finding that meetings are actually bad places to be creative. You're not actually 'dumber' when you're in the meeting, just more likely to lose your creative edge. Studies have now shown that, as collaborative primates, the more often a possibility is mentioned the more likely the group is to go along with it. Individuals placed by themselves were more likely to come up with imaginative alternatives to products, for example."

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Re:Nice Timing

[esobofh]

Oh man.. I've been on slashdot since it was chips-n-dips... and that was my first 'first post' ever! what a waste of my 15 minutes.

ah well.. party at my house - everyones invited!

Re:Scientific Evidence Already Stated

[ShrapnelFace]

NASA's internal documentation on the causes of that disaster are well documented and self presented in their own report, a documentary,a Movie of the Week, and etc.

It was a major portion of study in college for us from 1990. Presented by a professor of psychology that was also a member of Stanford University. Call me lazy, but I dont feel like pulling the documents for you. Go out to the internet and find them youself.

Group Think was the major reason why the O-Rings were not updated or repaired due in fact to this effect.