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Pearlman's discovery of a significant correlation between REMS and memory [Aug. 23] supports my rationalization for not studying at night.
Jon Huber Bloomington, Minn.
In My Life and Loves, published a half-century ago, Frank Harris relates that he discovered that if he wished to have dreams of sex, he kept thinking about sex until he fell asleep. Later he applied this method to learning German. Harris found that by studying before sleep he learned more than he did by studying early the next morning since his mind, while he was asleep, was still active.
Lakenan Barnes Mexico, Mo.
Little has been added to what Shakespeare recorded nearly 400 years ago:
. . . Sleep that knits up the ravell'd
sleeve of care. The death of each day's life, sore
labour's bath. Balm of hurt minds, great nature's
second course. Chief nourisher in life's feast.
John P. Ward Buenos Aires
Whom to Hate?
Since Arthur Koestler writes that most American and European Jews trace their origins to the non-Semitic Khazars [Aug. 23], whom should the anti-Semites hate now? The Arabs?
Marek Padavitz Tel Aviv