Imagine the time, a dozen generations from now, when wave mechanics powers every machine and everyone takes it for granted. Do you really want them thinking that it feel from the sky, fully formed, when the truth is that they or their good fortune to the most powerful engine of change in history: people arguing about science. Greg Egan
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The idea that science is driven by scientists arguing about science, rather than scientists doing science is a bit far-fetched. Scientists are human, too, and scientists are driven by many forms of human emotion. The other really cool thing about scientists is that they are always looking further ahead. They are always trying to solve problems using their knowledge of the past. They use the knowledge they have today to build on top of this knowledge so that they can look even further ahead.

Source: The Eternal Flame

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