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		miguelmota on March 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? Thomas Edison would sleep on a chair holding two steel balls that would drop as he was about to enter REM sleep and wake him up so that he can immediately write down ideas he learned of while sleeping.

villgax on March 18, 2019 | [–]

Is this why Kevin Flynn & CLU have those two fidget things with them?

eismcc on March 17, 2019 | | [–]

I recall Picasso would nap with a spoon for the same purpose.

gurtwo on March 17, 2019 | | [–]

I believe it was Dali

eismcc on March 18, 2019 | | | [–]

Seems so, thanks.

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