We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea at first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work.
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Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.
The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.
The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
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If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.
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The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those read more
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
