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RE: Those Deja-vu Moments-- What Do They Mean?
Your post reminded me a book I read a long time ago that was fascinating. There is a condition called "temperal lobe epilepsy" where people who have it suffer from frequent deja-vu moments as a result of seizures (sometimes small and unnoticeable). The author of the book theorized that Leonardo Da Vinci had this condition and that it influenced his creativity. My brother complained of having deja-vu moments and I am convinced he has this condition.
Deja-vu is such an interesting subject. You could talk about parallel universes or time being a circle where you relive the same moments over and over and sometimes sense it. I don't know what to make of them. Maybe it is just something misfiring in the brain or maybe something more mysterious.
Whatever it is, I expect we'll be able to explain it through a scientific approach, in another 100 years, just like we today can explain what was "a mystery" 100 years in the past.
I'm going to have to study up more on temporal lobe epilepsy... this stuff fascinates me.
Best book about it is "Seized: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Medical, Historical, and Artistic Phenomenon" by Eve LaPlante. It really is interesting stuff. And I screwed up. I was van Gogh not Da Vinci that had it. Been a while since I read up on it.
No worries... I'll check out the book though... sounds interesting.