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Many of the most creative pursuits, like jazz and poetry, are associated with heavy boozing

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Drowning your sorrows is always an option, but could there be creativity in the bottom of that glass too? Unsurprisingly, several researchers have endeavoured to find out. After all, many of the most creative pursuits – jazz, for instance, and poetry – are associated with heavy boozing. Alas, not just one but several separate studies have come to the same conclusion: drinking alcohol does not make you more creative, it just makes you feel that you are, which, as everyone knows, is the next best thing.

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