I suspect if you counted the hours they were thinking about their work, the conclusion would be the exact opposite. Granted, we are talking about "thinkers" here. We can think sitting on the toilet or taking a shower, and maybe even better than staring at a book. Walking to get your juices flowing surrounded by clean air and a soothing environment would make any hiking trail a great office for any scientist or philos…
Yes indeed! From TFA: "Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work. The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking." "Just sitting and thinking" sounds like part of their work, and the article deploys a sleight of hand to define this as "not really…
Re: Many famous scientists have something in common: they didn’t work long hours
#301I think they're assuming a difference between focused productive work and the sort of musing that happens during a walk, which seems fair to me.