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The nicest thing I have learned from the book ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’ is that there is no correlation between how hard you can scream and the quality of your ideas.

Another thing that this book also teaches you, is the Hans Eysenck theory, which says that we all naturally seek a certain “level of being stimulated” e.g. a loud room can be too stimulating while “white torture” (complete sensory deprivation) is too understimulating. Second, the theory proposes that introverts have a much more “open” ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) while that network is much more “closed” in extraverts. This system somewhat controls the “flow of stimuli”, and one can imagine how, metaphorically speaking, a more open water pipe (introverts) allows for more water to flow per unit of time while keeping pressure the same than a more closed water pipe (extraverts).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_torture — White torture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion#Eysenck's_theory — Eysenck’s theory

But anyways, it was a nice read (I am an introvert myself too).

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Lorenz Duremdes, Polymath
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Theories

Primary: Intelligence Amplification (Overlap: Computer Science) | Secondary: Sports (Data) Science (Specialization: Road Cycling and Resistance Training)