In Reply to: Without Edison, we'd all be sitting in the dark. No Ben Franklin, no electricity. posted by Enophile on March 3, 2011 at 09:47:00:
Many discoveries were arrived at independently, by different scientists, at about the same time.
Where do you see the difference, exactly?
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Follow Ups
- Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later. - carcass93 03/3/1109:52:55 03/3/11 (29)
- Exactly. As I said, "If no HP and TAS, there would have been some other guy filling the niche." - Enophile 10:27:32 03/3/11 (24)
- More today I supect than in the past - josh358 15:08:26 03/3/11 (18)
- "kids get scared by $1000 cables and $40,000 speakers" - that's NOT TRUE. - carcass93 15:29:22 03/3/11 (17)
- -N-O-T- TRUE. - josh358 15:42:18 03/3/11 (16)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - kerr 07:13:00 03/4/11 (4)
- LOL - josh358 07:56:41 03/4/11 (3)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - rick_m 20:06:00 03/3/11 (10)
- Who will provide the Soma? nt - Tony Lauck 10:45:14 03/4/11 (0)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - josh358 09:51:11 03/4/11 (8)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - rick_m 11:55:29 03/4/11 (7)
- Head-turning sound - josh358 16:44:34 03/4/11 (4)
- RE: Head-turning sound - rick_m 20:05:35 03/4/11 (3)
- RE: Head-turning sound - josh358 06:58:31 03/5/11 (2)
- RE: Head-turning sound - rick_m 13:20:38 03/5/11 (1)
- RE: Head-turning sound - josh358 14:06:37 03/5/11 (0)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - Tony Lauck 15:16:46 03/4/11 (1)
- RE: -N-O-T- TRUE. - josh358 16:30:24 03/4/11 (0)
- Perhaps... - mkuller 11:49:46 03/3/11 (0)
- I thought it was clear what point I was trying to make... - carcass93 10:49:37 03/3/11 (3)
- My point was the opposite. Those were examples of fallacies regarding scientific achievement. - Enophile 11:10:38 03/3/11 (2)
- RE: My point was the opposite. Those were examples of fallacies regarding scientific achievement. - rick_m 12:56:48 03/3/11 (1)
- RE: My point was the opposite. Those were examples of fallacies regarding scientific achievement. - Tony Lauck 13:04:47 03/3/11 (0)
- RE: Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later. - Tony Lauck 10:23:37 03/3/11 (3)
- RE: Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later. - josh358 15:17:42 03/3/11 (2)
- RE: Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later. - Tony Lauck 15:27:32 03/3/11 (1)
- RE: Another scientist would discover electricity, just a little later. - josh358 15:52:45 03/3/11 (0)