It has occured to me recently that the "process" of scientific discovery is much closer, very often, to revelation than cogitation
It has occured to me recently that the "process" of scientific discovery is much closer, very often, to revelation than cogitation
@walterkirn Yes! The more I learn about the scientific process the more similar it becomes to the creative process, it’s just a more complex toolset and the outcomes have real world applications. Discovery of the unknown is always the result of meditation on what is known.
@walterkirn Don't writers feel the same way? I mean, it's not as if we sit down and plan every word we write, even when working within a structure. Our characters certainly surprise us...
@walterkirn Word of the day: cogitation. Had to look it up. Ty. EUREKA vs
@walterkirn Turing was right about telepathy, fMRIs can record dreams and thoughts. If they can be recorded & read by others, they're real. We only perceive a small part of what's out there, but we may be (subconsciously) aware of more. Religion and even daydreams might tune into that.
@walterkirn You might like this story of Tesla's.
@walterkirn Nick Woodman, the founder of GoPro was inspired to create the GoPro camera while surfing in Australia and Indonesia.
@walterkirn Kary B. Mullis, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his invention. PCR tests also surfed and credited his best ideas while in the ocean.
@walterkirn I agree 'revelation' is a good term for it. Perhaps my favorite term is 'accident' for those discoveries resulting from trying to examine something unrelated.
@walterkirn Academics cogitate. Scientists discover.