> I'd wager that most of the great things we use today started as nearly ephemeral emanations from someone's mind, often late at night, or helped along by a sni

> I'd wager that most of the great things we use today started as nearly ephemeral emanations from someone's mind, often late at night, or helped along by a snifter of brandy. Scientific support for this: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/choke/201204/alcohol-benefits-the-creative-process http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/choke/201204/alcohol-ben... http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-alcohol-inspires-creativity http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-alcohol-inspires-creativity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810012000037 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381001...