From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 2/18/26 03:51, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   > john larkin  wrote or quoted:   
   >> The vacuum diode (Edison effect), the triode, the airplane, the   
   >> klystron, electronic TV, the personal computer, lots of stuff was   
   >> invented by unauthorized people.   
   >> But I think there is a negative correlation of inventing vs advanced   
   >> degrees.   
   >   
   > |Hertz did not realize the practical importance of his radio   
   > |wave experiments. He stated that,[27][28][29]   
   > |   
   > |  It's of no use whatsoever . . . this is just an experiment   
   > |  that proves Maestro Maxwell was right - we just have these   
   > |  mysterious electromagnetic waves that we cannot see with the   
   > |  naked eye. But they are there.   
   > |   
   > |Asked about the applications of his discoveries, Hertz   
   > |replied,[27]   
   > |   
   > |  Nothing, I guess.   
   > |   
   > Wikipedia page "Heinrich Hertz" (a professor of physics with   
   > a Ph.D.)   
      
   And here we have a good example of why basic research is   
   necessary, even if it isn't clear from the outset what it's   
   good for.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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