Replies to post #24544 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[brainlessone]

I agree wholeheartedly. your scenario is completly accurate. the best invention would be to change that scenario. But as an optimist, I do not beleive that the problem is invention. there are really good things out there. the entire problem is speeding up commercialization and the reality process you describe.

[Train Guy]

Boy, if coming up with inventions is slow and ponderous, you should probably hire Zeev. He's in the invention business you know.

<It goes on. Did I mention that science is slow? The best inventions occur to you while you're working on something and you have a flash of brilliance. Really.

Einstein once said that the hard part of inventing was coming up with great ideas, and that all that was required after that is average technical skill to reduce it to practice. This is not too far from the mark, however average skill takes time to get things done.>

I think you will find that science is slow because most scientist don't have a clue. And most "break throughs" occur from some bumbling scientist stumbling around in the dark tripping over something and going, what the hell was that? <g> If they really knew what they were doing, they wouldn't have to trip over things, but could simply predict them and then go find them.