Have been using a "rubber duck" for decades to talk things through when there is no human available. By talking it out, it uses different neural pathways to help solve problems faster. My first rubber duck was given to me when I joined Nortel Networks. I did not understand why they gave one to me. They said it would help me to think through things faster, I was skeptical until I tried it for the first time months later. My current "rubber duck" is tux penguin that my wife gave me decades ago and it has sat on my home office desk ever since.