Eureka Moment as Divine Spark

Abstract

In the ancient world, the Greeks believed that all great insights came from one of nine muses, divine sisters who brought inspiration to mere mortals. In the modern world, few people still believe in the muses, but we all still love to hear stories of sudden inspiration, like Newton and the apple, or Archimedes and the bathtub. We are eager to hear and to share stories about flashes of insight. In this article, we point out some arguments suggesting that the eureka moment is divine spark.