Do you know what is the common thing between Albert Einstein, Srivasa Ramanujam and James Watson!?
If you think you are as intelligent as them, well dream on! Though DREAM is the answer to the above question!
Then again you are dreaming if you think I would get to the point immediately!
Do you know the biggest mystery of dream is the greatest mystery of life itself! You may know the end but you can never know the beginning! Your dream may have an end which can be slow or sudden (There is a philosophical quote there but lets leave it for now!); but you will never remember the start of your dream! You may be in the remotest corner of the world or even in a space station in Mars but you can never remember how you got there!
Then again dreams are pretty amazing! There have been famous inventions and discoveries which were inspired or seen in a dream!
Inventions inspired by dreams include the periodic table, the lock-stitch sewing machine, and the structure of DNA!
Three famous ones though are the answer to the question above!
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, dreamed of a spiral staircase, which is said to have inspired the iconic double helix shape! Others have also mentioned that he dreamed of two intertwined serpents!
Albert Einstein’s famous theory is said to have been inspired by a dream. According to one account, he was sledding down a mountain at immense speed, which caused the stars to change their appearance. Other versions involve a different perspective on cows reacting to an electric fence!
Finally our great Srinivasa Ramanujan! He once claimed that goddess Namagiri Thayar would appear to him in dreams and provide him with complex mathematical formulas!
Since you stayed with me till now without dreaming; you get a bonus!
One such Nobel Laureate called Otto Loewi dreamed of an experiment that would prove once and for all that transmission of nerve impulses was chemical, not electrical! He woke up, scribbled the experiment onto a scrap of paper and went back to sleep. Next morning, he found, that he couldn’t read his midnight scribbles!
This was so disappointing to him since in his dream apparently he had solved the problem! So he thought of trying to sleep and dream it again! That day, was the longest day of his life!
That night, however, he had the same dream. This time, he immediately went to his lab to perform the experiment! That iconic experiment is what lead to acetylcholine! The master neurotransmitter!
Some dreams though make you famous while some dreams can keep you awake!
Of course if fame is your motive then it is usually through hard work and consistency! Like Sunny paji!
Now sleep and dream a cure for insomnia!
Shubh ratri!
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