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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