There is a story of a man who got the experience from laughing gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had forgotten it. At last, with immense effort, he wrote down the secret before the vision had faded. When completely recovered, he rushed to see what he had written. It was 'A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.'
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The anecdote may be apocryphal and not reliable evidence of insight.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.
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