Uncorking the muse: Alcohol intoxication facilitates creative problem solving

[georgecmu]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22285424

[molecule]

"However... you can't just give a team of coders a year's supply of whiskey and tell them to get cracking."

http://xkcd.com/323/

[IlPeach → molecule]

that's a pity. however I do remember a similar study done ages ago (pre-internet) showing how some mathematics could improve their solving capabilities the ingestion of alcohol (wine in this case). after a certain amount there was a - plausible and expected drop in performance.