[Off topic] Does anyone rubber duck program?

@Prynok, indeed! Now if I could just figure out what Prynok is…

@Luatee, it depends upon your definition of human I suppose, I am sure some of my genetic material is no longer as it was originally due to bombardment by neutrons. Hopefully my body is good at ignoring and killing off the mutations before they become permanent. I am only radioactive during certain times (typically bad ones)

There are I believe 2 factors at play in rubber ducking or talking to someone else about a problem.

  1. When you say it out load it comes back in your ears, this allows the information to reach different bits of your brain than just thinking about it. Specifically the language areas to say it, and the language areas to hear it.

  2. By talking it through it forces you to work through laying it out as a logical conversation.

Both of these are why explaining it to someone else often helps, and if you don’t have another person, just the discipline of saying it out load can really help.