How did he learn so much about whales?
>>7358124
Autism.
by whaling
>>7358149
did he actually go whaling?
>>7358157
Yes for five years beginning in 1839.
>>7358162
I'm convinced he had autism though which is why his knowledge of whales is far beyond what one would gain through experience.
He dove into the goddamn ocean and rubbed his dick on a whale.
Whale bacteria traveled up his urethra and into his bloodstream, where universal whale knowledge reached his brain.
>>7358167
I mean, if you go whaling for 5 years you're bound to pick up a lot of information.
And he probably talked to people who've done it for far longer who shared stories and facts. I think you underestimate the amount of information you can get in a years experience, let alone 5.
>>7358201
He did have autism.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8qc9IxBYxO8C&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=herman+melville+asperger%27s&source=bl&ots=KFRnRkd2cb&sig=2ZHLs-T6Uqb4Q-XCUAecOCEfv14&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DVIYU_mNMYmXhQertoDoDg#v=onepage&q=herman%20melville%20asperger's&f=false
>>7358201
>Read "Call Me Ishmael" by Charles Olson
Thanks man, i'll check it out.
>>7358124
That's easy: he obtained an creative writing MFA at a respectable private liberal arts school as a funded student.
>>7358699
>>7358174
This is how I learned about sex
>>7358216
>Hermann married Elizabeth
Stopped reading there.
