Great Moments in Intuition: A Timeline
From Aristotle to amateur baking, here's a history of following that gut feeling.
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1965
Paul McCartney hears a tune in a dream—"the most magic thing!"—but it's so unlike anything he's written, he worries he's recalling someone else's song. McCartney plays it for anyone who will listen, but no one can identify it. So the Beatles record the track and title it "Yesterday."
From the
August 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
