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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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
"Heretical as it may sound, “basic science” isn’t nearly as productive of new inventions as we tend to think."
Take the telephone. Apart from Maxwell, Faraday, Henry, [...1,000 others...], it was mostly just tinkering.pic.twitter.com/t1kKUoX39k
@avibryant @patrickc Possibly more sensible conclusion: those who do the foundational work don't tend to capture the wealth produced by the…
@avibryant @patrickc …resulting inventions. The tinkerers do. So, if you are an investor, the tinkerers might be more important. Shrug.
@andrewcatton @avibryant Oh, sure, that I think is unequivocally true. But piece includes... interesting claims likepic.twitter.com/a3esqfi3e1
@patrickc @avibryant Right. I'm just looking at the source/audience for this article and guessing at how it gets published :)
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