Re: Tesla's wiring? (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:07:11 -0500
From: Drake Schutt <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla's wiring? (fwd)

I read about Tesla's strange mind quirks in Man Out of Time and it sounds
pretty weird.  There was an interesting show on tv a while ago about a man
with synesthesia.  he was also a genius, although I don't know to what
extent.  you can look it up on youtube.

Drake schutt

On 10/16/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:08:50 -0400
> From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Tesla's wiring? (fwd)
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> Matt,
>      That is very interesting, and sounds like a valid theory.  Oddly
> enough, my sister claims numbers 0-5 always make her think of certain
> colors and 6-9 are black or gray, and she associates sounds with shapes,
> but she exhibits none of Tesla's other symptoms (having visions, and being
> a super genius).
>
> Scott Bogard.
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> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:44:08 -0600
> > From: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Tesla's wiring? (fwd)
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> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:41:33 EDT
> > From: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Tesla's wiring?
> >
> >
> > Of Note:
> >
> >     Some neurologists and psychologists believe, based  on Tesla's
> > descriptions of his own perceptions, (e.g. looking at certain  shapes
> caused him pain,
> > different sounds evoked certain images, "more real than  reality" etc. )
> that
> > Tesla had a condition known as synesthesia. In this  condition, believe
> to be
> > caused by some "cross-wiring" in the sensory processing  areas of the
> brain,
> > some people can hear colors, taste sounds, perceive certain  numbers or
> words as
> > having specific colors, etc., (even when not "living better  through
> > chemistry" %^)). This mixed perception may explain some of Tesla's  odd
> affectations,
> > and may have been used to advantage by Tesla in his creative  process.
> >
> > Matt D.
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