From: janice@mailinator.com   
      
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   david@edenroad.demon.co.uk says...   
   >On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:06:58 -0800, Stacey Whaley wrote:   
      
   >> If great things come from dreams, like Mendeleev dreamed the Periodic   
   >> Table, then I wonder if great things can come from OBEs?  :)   
   >   
   >Probably, and for the same reasons.   
      
   People tend to overlook the important fact that the famous ideas that   
   have come from dreams have come to people who are already immersed in   
   those fields in their waking lives.  Songwriters come up with songs in   
   dreams, artists come up with artworks in dreams, writers come up with   
   plot lines in dreams, scientists come up with scientific insights in   
   dreams, and so on.  We do not hear of ordinary schmoes coming up with   
   brilliant ideas in dreams pertaining to fields in which they have no   
   background, except occasional claims to have heard, for example, great   
   music in dreams that, unfortunately, can't be recalled upon awakening.   
   Even that is somewhat suspect; although it has happened to me, I have   
   also had many dreams featuring "creative" works that were atrociously   
   bad, even though in some cases they seemed terrific during the dream   
   (kind of like how some stupid remark might seem incredibly funny when   
   you're high).  Furthermore, typically only a small percentage of even a   
   creative genius's inspirations come from the dream state.   So   
   ultimately, the talent is inherent in the creative individual, not in the   
   dream state itself.   
      
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