@paulg @pmarca This reminds me of brilliant yet serendipitous discovery of chemotherapy drugs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC150444/ …pic.twitter.com/L0R0ioPole
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@paulg @pmarca This reminds me of brilliant yet serendipitous discovery of chemotherapy drugs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC150444/ …pic.twitter.com/L0R0ioPole
You don’t discover penicillin by asking “What are the applications of bread mould?” (via @paulg)
@paulg Basically, yes you do. 32 years before Fleming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Duchesne …
@paulg (The reasoning was: "Tap water bacteria kill mold. Can we make it work the other way around?")
@paulg How about if I have very strong conviction that bread mould is valuable & keep trying to apply it everywhere :)
@paulg you get it by carelessness, orange peels left to mold in the trash, an open petri dish, a weekend and eyes to see something more :)
Hope to capitalize on random luck? #SV_Startup “@paulg: You don't discover penicillin by asking "What are the applications of bread mould?"”
@paulg @polemitis Oh crap then how are we ever going to discover penicillin now
@paulg @fermin_ordaz And we don't do academic research on a consignment basis, the way many lawmakers think it works or should work.
. @paulg -Great quote on need for #mobilehealth #mhealth research and not just consumer apps!
@paulg unfortunately how a lot of bitcoin ideas are generated (by people asking themselves this)
@paulg You discover it by wondering how to solve the problem that is presented. Then, you go about stumbling your way to the solution?
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