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Comment author: wallowinmaya 28 May 2011 02:46:02PM *  11 points [-]

I had a similar experience with a friend of mine who admired Thomas Mann. And, well, science was not his strong point: He: " I just finished the Magic Mountain and I believe Thomas Mann anticipated Einstein's theory of relativity!" Me: " Äh, what..." He: " On one page he writes about how the watch hands divide the space of the clock-face into several areas! He anticipated that space and time are related!!"

And just in case: Mann started writing " Magic Mountain" in 1912.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 29 May 2011 12:53:24AM 2 points [-]

Ouchies.