| "There are three steps in the history of a great discovery. First,
its opponents say that the discoverer is crazy; later that he is sane but
that his discovery is of no real importance; and last, that the discovery
is important but everybody has known it right along."
--Sigmund Freud
and similarly..."If
they [quantum fluctuations of vacuum] can be [tapped], the impact upon
our civilization will be incalculable. Oil, coal, nuclear, hydropower,
would become obsolete - and so would many of our worries about environmental
pollution." "Don't sell your oil shares yet --but don't be surprised if
the world again witnesses the four stages of response to any new and revolutionary
development:
1. It's crazy! 2. It may be possible -- so what? 3. I said it was a good idea all along. 4. I thought of it first." --Arthur C Clarke |
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