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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they
by SigmundA 6y ago
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” -Sagan
- auc 6y agoColumbus also deserved to be laughed at. People in his time period knew the world was round and even had a pretty accurate estimate of its radius, but he (very erroneously) thought it was way smaller. That's why he thought he landed in India.
- drak0n1c 6y agoThe point stands though - projects and ideas that may deserve to be laughed given current knowledge can still be the impetus for unintentional paradigm shifts. Whether it be Columbus' voyage, or early forms of blockchain.
- imtringued 6y agoThis delusion convinced him to make the journey. Everyone who knew the world was round expected a whole lot of nothing in the direction Columbus was going. The problem is that I don't see how Bitcoin will suddenly figure out a way to justify itself. Columbus was clearly looking for land and found it. Where are all the goal oriented Bitcoin owners?