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Originally Posted by renormalised
The thing is this...quite a few revolutionary inventions were stumbled upon by people that had no training at all in the areas they were dabbling in. You could say most of the important inventions mankind has produced were found in exactly this manor....the light bulb, airplane, AC and DC motors, electricity etc etc.
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You could say this .. but it doesn't hold much value. For example, you could also say that when these things were discovered, an education in the sciences was a rarity available to the privileged few. The relationship between the discovery and training at the time of discovery of these items is a 'non sequitur' argument.
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Actually, having extensive training can make it more difficult to produce something simply because you're bound by the conventions and theories within your area of study/research. You don't see beyond the box. What you produce doesn't come about by accident and that is the crux of the matter. Most of these inventions happen by pure accident simply because those that invent them don't know any better.
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.. the counter argument to the value scientific theory adds to the invention. We live in a structured, ordered society. If you don't play the game by its rules, you don't get anywhere, nor can you garner the recognition/rewards for its discovery.
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