This is so vapidly specious: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-basic-science-1445613954 …. I'm surprised people are even linking to it.pic.twitter.com/Yz2IPhxGUX
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More broadly, his idea that inventions can be analyzed in isolation and attributed to any single causal factor misunderstands progress.
Lastly, apologies for being That Guy ranting that someone is wrong on the internet. I gave in after the fifteenth tweet about the article.
@patrickc Do you reckon there is any way to prove that basic science / tinkering / something else was the best vehicle for innovation...
@patrickc ...quantitatively, or is there no other way than examples, e.g. "x, y, and z were made through basic science / tinkering / etc."?
@patrickc yes annoying. iceberg tops always easier to see than the deep stack of breakthroughs
@patrickc Edison's lab happened upon reproducible recorded sound vis-a-vis the phonograph through tinkering as well
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