Our Universe is full of mysteries that do not fit into the established system of knowledge. The "Epoch Times" column "Beyond Science" presents articles on phenomena that excite our imagination and testify to previously unseen possibilities. Let us know your thoughts on these sometimes controversial topics in the comments section.
In 1996, 22-year-old Stanford student Larry Page had a dream in which he downloaded the entire Internet and studied links between pages. He wrote down what he saw in a dream. The abstract became the basis of the algorithm for the search engine. This is how Google was born, writes Business Insider.
Sword of Legends
Chen Shi-Tsung, 60, explains how chemical reactions are essential to successfully making a sword
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Swordmaker Chen Shi-Tsung is a famous figure in the world of Chinese martial arts. The swords he makes can shatter stone and are incredibly flexible: they easily bend 60 °, he told The Epoch Times in 2009.
The art of making such swords was considered lost because during the Cultural Revolution, the communists burned books about traditional culture.
Some of the knowledge of how to make such swords was gained by Chen during his research, but many secrets came to him in dreams. He saw divine beings who gave him instructions. He is reluctant to give details because, he says, people won't believe him anyway.
Before grinding, he sits in meditation for an hour. Making a sword of this kind requires a spirit and spirit, Chen said.
WWII weapons
A device created by David B. Parkinson was used in anti-aircraft artillery to destroy air targets
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In 1940, David B. Parkinson worked at Bell's telephone lab in New Jersey. He developed a device that emits musical sounds using electricity.
The device included a potentiometer, a component for adjusting the current strength.
He saw in a dream reminiscent of a nightmare in which he fired an anti-aircraft gun. Nazi planes fell every time he fired a shot. He saw a potentiometer on the side of the gun.
He pondered this dream and realized that the potentiometer could be converted into the “brain” of an anti-aircraft gun. Sleep and subsequent weapon development are described in a Milwaukee Journal article on May 30, 1945.
In the first few days of using the new weapon, the Germans lost almost 200 aircraft. Parkinson received the President's Prize and the Franklin Institute Medal.
