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Originally Posted by avandonk
Carl (renormalised) we used to have a saying in CSIRO ' is it not amazing that (insert name here) field has gone ahead in leaps and bounds since he died'. Many say it is his dying that really contributed to his life's work!
When your prostate gland is bigger than your brain you too will be inaugurated to the Australian Academy of science.
Bert
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But that's like any field....look at John Lennon. Look at the great composers. Look at Einstein...they have to cark it in order to become legendary!!!
Hell, it even happens to politicians, although I think that's more a case of blind nostalgia and temporary dementia on the part of those doing the remembering than anything else