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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2006-07-27 under

Regarding Voltaire's rumoured 100 cup per day coffee habit, [livejournal.com profile] culfinriel wrote: "Considering the equal volume, I suppose it was a good thing coffee had replaced alcohol by then, or The Enlightenment might have looked a lot more like Animal House." (2006-07-06)

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Egg and chicken problem

posted by [identity profile] metahacker.livejournal.com at 12:51pm on 2006-07-27
It has been argued that, in fact, the switch from alcohol to coffee is what *sparked* the Enlightenment; people were suddenly sober enough to realize the sorry state of affairs, and wired enough to want to do something about it.

Common meme, no real proof:
http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2003/11/mlearned_collea.html
http://www.economist.com/World/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2281736
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0506.koerner.html
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posted by [identity profile] lysystratae.livejournal.com at 01:16am on 2006-07-28
I used to drink 5 pots (12-cup size) a day; did it for years. I still drink a ridiculous amount, but the bladder's getting old and lazy, lol...
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