Quora：Why do ideas come to me so easily when I am taking a shower?
為什么洗澡時總會有各種各樣的想法蹦出來？
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A few reasons. The first is the sound of the running water. It's white noise that blocks out the sounds of other things in the environment. Then we have water on your body at a controlled temperature. These two things together limit the amount of sensory input from your skin and ears. And then, we have our eyes. In most cases they are closed or not looking at anything in particular. Now we've eliminated one more form of sensory input. So, essentially, a shower is a poor man's sensory deprivation chamber.
有這么幾個原因。首先是洗澡時水流的聲音。這種白噪音讓你聽不見身邊其他的聲音。其次是洗澡時的水溫都是適合你自己的。這兩個因素限制了你的皮膚和耳朵所能獲取的感覺。接下來就是我們的眼睛。在大多數情況下我們都是閉著眼睛洗澡或者是茫然的看著四周。這樣我們又有一種感覺受到了限制。所以，基本上，洗澡就是人處于一種感官被剝奪的狀態。
The natural effect of this is that you are alone with your thoughts. Without sensory input, your mind will naturally wander and begin looking within for stimulation. This usually means processing existing information and creating new things to keep it occupied.
于是這樣的效果就變成了只有你的思想還存在。沒有感覺的輸入，你的大腦會自然而然的開始開小差，并想要尋找刺激。這也就意味著開始大腦開始處理已經存在的信息并創造一些新想法來讓大腦活動起來。
Because every other moment of your life is filled with distraction except the shower. From this question, I know you don't go for daily walks, which are absolute idea factories.
因為除了洗澡你生活中的其他時間都處于被各種各種的事情分心的狀態。從這個問題，我認為你并沒有每天走路的習慣，因為這也是一個制造想法的工廠。
Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho Cybernetics explained it this way: Your subconscious mind works day and night on solving your problems for you.
麥克斯威爾·馬爾茨，《心理控制術》一書的作者是這樣解釋這個問題的：你的潛意識日夜都在忙碌著為你解決問題。
Your subconscious can't give you its results while you're distracted. Only while you're intensely focused or completely calm and quiet.
當你注意力分散的時候你的潛意識是不會把答案給你的。只有當你十分的專注或者完全的處于寧靜時才可以。
（此處省略了幾個例子）
