From: Dan Clemmensen (Dan@Clemmensen.ShireNet.com)
Date: Mon May 18 1998 - 18:47:27 MDT
ChuckKuecker wrote:
>
> At 04:00 PM 5/17/98 PDT, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >actually wouldnt you agree that the ancient greeks and even egyptians
> >had a fairly high level of invention
> >
>
While it's true that not all humans are equally innovative, we still
have a huge advantage over the greeks. In the greek culture, it about
a hundred people working full tijme to support one philosopher Those
hundred people (farm families, slaves and other household servants, etc.)
never got a change to be inventors. In victorian times, the ratio was
lower. Today, the ratio is much lower. I'd guess that today, in advanced
societies at least, a much higher percentage of potential inventors become
actual inventors.
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