Eureka and story theory

From: Mark Mills (mmills@htcomp.net)
Date: Thu Mar 15 2001 - 20:01:41 GMT

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    Wade,

    At 02:41 PM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
    >Then again, where is the mind at the moment of 'eureka!'

    >And is that not a place to be, if not always, sometimes?

     From an objective view, the mind [at the moment of eureka] is engaged in a
    story, maybe at the climax, maybe earlier in the sequence. When I think
    about 'eureka!', I'm always reminded of Archemedes. In his story,
    'Eureka!' is pretty early. The story ends with a Roman soldier killing
    Archemedes. The story sounds pretty exciting, but the ending ought to be a
    warning.

    Mark

    http://www.htcomp.net/markmills

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