Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars.
The question is, you know, will someone accidentally build a robot that takes over from us? And that's sort of like this lone guy in the backyard, you know - 'I accidentally built a 747.' I don't think that's going to happen.
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.
Reading history, one rarely gets the feeling of the true nature of scientific development, in which the element of farce is as great as the element of triumph.
Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.
Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.
Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius.
Most technological advances in our life now come from serendipitous discoveries. That is a contraction of rocket technology and computer technology and atomic clock technology.
