11 July 2011



Adventures in the Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and the Invention of Sex by Christopher Turner: "JD Salinger, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer were all devotees of the orgone energy accumulator, nicknamed by Woody Allen the 'Orgasmatron'. Its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, claimed that better orgasms could cure society's ills".

(2011)

2 comments:

pcristov said...

"(...) The charismatic Reich persuaded Albert Einstein to investigate the machine, whose workings seemed to contradict all known principles of physics. After two weeks of tests Einstein refuted Reich's claims. (...)"

aqui não consegui conter uma gargalhada.

dizia o alberto (ou diz-se que dizia): "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

terão os resultados da investigação sido prejudicados pelo cepticismo da definição ou, ao invés, originado a mesma?

João Lisboa said...

Dog only knows.