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by SamReidHughes 3552 days ago
A fun fact is that Jon von Neumann felt otherwise. From Wikipedia:

Von Neumann did some of his best work in noisy, chaotic environments, and once admonished his wife for preparing a quiet study for him to work in. He never used it, preferring the couple's living room with its television playing loudly.

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Yeah, but what did he know about intellectual activity! :)
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