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> I'd wager that most of the great things we use today started as nearly ephemeral emanations from someone's mind, often late at night, or helped along by a snifter of brandy.

Scientific support for this:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/choke/201204/alcohol-ben...

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-alcohol-inspires-creativity

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381001...