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| − | It is extremely common to set out expecting to discover one thing and instead to discover another (e.g. Fleming, Jansky, Kamerlingh Onnes, and innumerable others). This is so common that it even has a name: serendipity. Serendipity is not blind luck. It is the opposite of blind luck; it is the kind of luck that you earn by being smart and keeping your eyes open. [http://www.av8n.com/physics/scientific-methods.htm] | + | It is extremely common to set out expecting to discover one thing and instead to discover another (e.g. [[Penicillin|Fleming]], Jansky, Kamerlingh Onnes, and innumerable others). This is so common that it even has a name: serendipity. Serendipity is not blind [[luck]]. It is the opposite of blind luck; it is the kind of luck that you earn by being smart and keeping your eyes open. [http://www.av8n.com/physics/scientific-methods.htm] |
See: [[Scientific method]] | See: [[Scientific method]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:01, August 28, 2012
It is extremely common to set out expecting to discover one thing and instead to discover another (e.g. Fleming, Jansky, Kamerlingh Onnes, and innumerable others). This is so common that it even has a name: serendipity. Serendipity is not blind luck. It is the opposite of blind luck; it is the kind of luck that you earn by being smart and keeping your eyes open. [1]
See: Scientific method