Re: virus: Discoveries and Inventions

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Sat, 1 Feb 97 22:23:30 -0500


>What is the difference between an invention and a discovery? I'm suspicious.

Really?

An invention is a creation, a thing which was not before.

A discovery is a find, or a description, of that which is.

An invention is not discovered, nor a discovery invented, unless you're
talking about cold fusion.... ;-)

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