When you’re constantly being struck by profound-seeming ideas, it’s easy to conclude that you’re in a particularly creative state of mind, but you could just be in a state where stupid ideas seem profound.
This was Feynman’s conclusion. I can’t seem to find the quote, but he said something along the lines of, “I thought my hallucinations were profound, and then I realized I was just hallucinating that they were profound, which I should have expected.”
This was Feynman’s conclusion. I can’t seem to find the quote, but he said something along the lines of, “I thought my hallucinations were profound, and then I realized I was just hallucinating that they were profound, which I should have expected.”