08-06-2012, 03:29 PM
(08-06-2012, 03:04 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Yes.
Interesting NOVA piece at link about the top 7 accidental medical discoveries; among them the most important ones in saving and prolonging human life. Some originating from ocean exploration.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/accide...eries.html
Closing paragraph snip (this is also my personal belief):
Keep that mind open
For all you would-be Nobel Prize-winners, remember the one trait that tied all these lucky strikers together: openmindedness. As the American physicist Joseph Henry once noted, "The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them."
Thanks for sharing - very good read.