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You must not understand the term "invention" either as used in patent law or in reality ;) | 543 comments | Create New Account
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You must not understand the term "invention" either as used in patent law or in reality ;)
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 10:55 AM EDT
I'm not sure I should have bothered replying since you've betrayed your
prejudices by quite incorrectly equating formal education with level of
knowledge and manual labour with ignorance, but I couldn't resist pointing out
that, if as you say, there was much less to know, then attaining a level of
knowledge that encompassed the state of the art was considerably easier, and
thus it was much easier to invent by adding something to that state of the art.
so by your own arguments, it must have been much easier to invent as you didn't
have to be anywhere near as sharp, informed, or creative as you do now.

Do try again, though I expect you won't. ;)

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