[Phys-L] Re: Eureka!

[John Clement <clement@HAL-PC.ORG>]

I was aware that it was supposedly a drug induced state, but I don't believe
it.  The skepticism was from a good Brit. Lit. course I took, and it makes
sense.  If Shelly did write under the influence, I would pick Indian Love
Song which is a very silly poem about a man serenading his love in his
nightie outside her window.  You may have to be under the influence to not
be bothered by the silliness.

The idea of problems with communication between hemispheres is not original,
but has been published in various articles over the years.  I just have a
good memory for this type of thing and I make obscure connections between
diverse things.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

> The poet Shelly claimed that he created the poem Kublai Khan after
> dreaming
>  > a long poem and only writing down a fragment.  This is probably a
> literary
>  > conceit, because it is actually quite finished.
>  >
>
> Samuel Taylor Cooleridge, a drug (opium?) induced sleep -- possibly not
> sleep, but a hypnagogic state.
>
>
> http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/30.html
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>
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/10/001013073843.htm
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> The above lends credence to J.C.'s theory. (I mean supposition.}
>
> Regarding Hooke,  Nauenberg is convinced of this.  See:
>
>
> http://physics.ucsc.edu/~michael/
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