From: Adam Safron (asafron@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2008 - 09:48:17 MST
Or so the story goes... How instrumental was the dream? Would drugs
have allowed competing scientists to discover the structure before
him? I strongly doubt this. Think about the relevant problems as
much as possible. Read as much as possible from diverse sources. Try
to stay healthy and live a balanced life. These seem like more
reliable paths to scientific greatness.
-Adam
On Jan 4, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Adam Safron wrote:
> That was a dream, which isn't necessarily an altogether different
> type of thing. Here Kekulé saw a snake eating it's own tail and
> then thought a ring-structure might explain the data. He was right.
> -Adam
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008, at 11:24 AM, David Picón Álvarez wrote:
>
>> Wasn't the discovery of the chemical structure of benzene
>> supposedly mediated by a psychedelic experience?
>>
>> --David.
>
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