Music as a drug
Carl Edlund Anderson
cea at CARLAZ.COM
Fri Jan 28 14:31:20 EST 2011
On 28 Jan 2011, at 14:10, Paul Mather wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Keith Henderson wrote:
>> BTW, Wikipedia tells me that Zener cards were Circle, Square,
>> Wave, Cross/Plus, and Star. Five, not four. So why "triangle" in
>> the song?
>
> Calvert wrote the lyrics based upon a faulty recollection of what
> the Zener cards are?
> Or, maybe more likely, the line sings better with "triangle" rather
> than either "cross" or "star," or even trying to jam all five into
> the line.
Or maybe .... maybe he was _tested_ by _researchers_ with faulty
Zener cards!!! :)
Ahem, cough.
Anyway, it's not like QS&C provides a highly accurate bio of Einstein
either. On the other hand, it is a catchy song. :)
Cheers,
Carl
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