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This article is driving me crazy with sentences like, "Edison's was a scientist's approach: If there was a popular need or desire, an invention might be able to
by fhood 9y ago
This article is driving me crazy with sentences like, "Edison's was a scientist's approach: If there was a popular need or desire, an invention might be able to fill it." In what way is that a scientist's approach? Since when is a "scientist's approach" dictated by popular need and/or desire to any extent past what might get funded?
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoIt's certainly not the definition a scientist would use, but I think they are saying it's the scientific approach because "an invention might be able to fill it". Not because it is based on a popular need or desire.