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"Books :'a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens.'

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— Nicholson Baker

tags: books, inventions

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"Did you ever think about the creation of the flame-thrower? Someone, somewhere, at some time must have been sitting on his porch, and said, thoughtfully, 'I want to set him on fire.' gesturing to his neighbor. His friend who sat beside him and happened to be handy with tools said, 'I can do that.' Thus, we have a flame thrower."
— John Larson

tags: flame, humor, inventions, throwers

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"When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?"
— Enrico Bombieri

tags: ideas, inventions, math, science

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"That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships--although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies. "
— Rodney Stark

tags: christianity, inventions, technology

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