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BullDawg

09/11/02 11:20 PM

#24577 RE: Train Guy #24575

I think we need to talk to Al Gore about how to speed up this invention process. After all, he invented the Internet overnight [gg, in his dreams].

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Jeffrey Scott

09/11/02 11:27 PM

#24579 RE: Train Guy #24575

Ummmmm. Hmmmm. Scientists and engineers really get a bum rap in this country. I really need to get into marketing:
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tantal

09/11/02 11:43 PM

#24583 RE: Train Guy #24575

Um, it doesn't sound like you know much about science or scientists.

You said: I think you will find that science is slow because most scientist don't have a clue

That's quite a statement. Oh, brilliant one, please enlighten me so that I may have a clue and do fast science. Ever solve an X-ray structure? How about discovering a new way of making an extremely rare but life-saving natural product? Um, ever try designing a superconducting layered oxide? Perhaps you've discovered how to dissolve sugar in water?

Would you even KNOW a breakthrough if you tripped over something and it appeared in front of your face? A couple of people I respect most are great scientists only because they never miss something that most others, even great idea guys, would miss. Everyone is different, and among scientists, our individuality expresses itself in what makes our work great.

I guess you're one of those types who thinks innovation can be planned out on a gaant chart like a computer program. News flash: programming is not like work in the physical sciences. You don't tell nature what you want and get it delivered the next day.

Obviously I'm not impressed with your comments. Please forgive my sarcasm.

Small is small!