Once his attention was engaged, Noyce did not start small, and he did not turn to journals or patent files for ideas. Instead, he tried to “think about the fundamentals of the physics”—as big a starting point as possible—and he refused to ask himself whether or not an idea ought to work according to the most current research in the field. In his opinion, there were only two relevant questions in the earliest stages of scientific innovation: “Why won’t this work?” and “What fundamental laws will it violate?”
The importance of getting our basics right which is often overlooked!! The true nature of a scientist is to breakdown the most complex design into simple chunks!!
