“The main thing is that we are part of the reality in ourselves to perfect one's power of discovery and that leads to the discovery of our organic ourselves without fear of immersing ourselves in the earth, the sea, fire or air.” RealityEarthSpiritualityPerfectFireAirSeaDiscoveryPerfect One Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“It may be that the invention of the aeroplane flying-machine will be deemed to have been of less material value to the world than the discovery of Bessemer and open-hearth steel, or the perfection of the telegraph, or the introduction of new and more scientific methods in the management of our great industrial works. To us, however, the conquest of the air, to use a hackneyed phrase, is a technical triumph so dramatic and so amazing that it overshadows in importance every feat that the inventor has accomplished.” WorldMayHas BeensUseValuesAirMaterialsDiscoveryPerfectionMachinesImportanceManagementMethodFlyingInventionFlightTriumphDramaticPhrasesAccomplishedAviationSteelConquestIntroductionInventorAeroplanesFeatsScientific MethodTelegraphFlying Machines Author:Waldemar Kaempffert
“Historically, very few discoveries were made out of thin air. Most of the greatest insights depended upon the intellectual ecology in which the scientists lived. A certain critical mass of "new findings" occurred, and bright people all over the world found out about it, and several read the tea leaves the same way.” PeopleWorldWayMadeCertainFoundAirFindingsMassIntellectualDiscoveryScientistInsightCriticalTeaEcologyThin AirCritical MassTea Leaves Author:John Medina
“The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the only way Edison could invent the lightbulb is because all the elements had been developed before. That's obvious it wasn't just his genius - 20 others developed it at the same time. And that's true for almost every invention and discovery.” WayIdeasStuffAirGeniusElementsDiscoveryObviousRidiculousInventionOld Ideas Author:Charles Koch