Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun... then my work here is done.
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I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
I invent nothing, I rediscover.
Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
If I need something, I'll invent it.
I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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