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My favorite example of this is Archimedes. When someone touts the virtues of being at your desk without turning your head away from the monitor and lifting your
by rimantas 15y ago
My favorite example of this is Archimedes. When someone touts the virtues of being at your desk without turning your head away from the monitor and lifting your hands off the keyboard I usually ask "where was Archimedes when he had his "Eureka!" moment?".
- freehunter 15y agoTo be fair, the story actually shows me was doing something related to his study when he made his discovery. In a bathtub that was too full, he found that physical objects cause water displacement. He wasn't planning on making a breakthrough, but it didn't just come to him out of the blue. Point still stands, though.