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Hate to disagree so thoroughly with you, but... 1. "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants." - Isaac Newton - http://en.wikiquote.or
by rpm4321 14y ago
Hate to disagree so thoroughly with you, but...
1. "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants." - Isaac Newton - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
2. "Sky Cake!" - Patton Oswalt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h1FO8V_3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h1FO8V_3w
- lmm 14y agoThe Newton quote was less an expression of humility than a dig at Hooke.
- rpm4321 14y agoThe point stands, though. There's certainly variance between the accomplishments of specific individuals, but each little innovation builds on the last. Each breakthrough is dependent on the ones that preceded it. Even an inventor working in solitude is collaborating in a way with all the inventors, discoverers, and authors who influenced him.