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To: spokeshave
“Necessity is the mother of invention!”
So why are so many unnecessary things invented.?

Possibility is the father of invention.

731 posted on 02/10/2020 8:20:21 AM PST by AZLiberty (218 House seats or bust! Bust. But the Dems will be busted for election fraud.)
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To: AZLiberty; spokeshave

>>So why are so many unnecessary things invented?

Because inventing things is intrinsic to our nature. Is anything more exciting than imagining how to improve something? One of my grandfathers invented a prospecting stove.

http://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/jackbell/stove.htm


735 posted on 02/10/2020 8:24:55 AM PST by mairdie (Star Trek - Dashboard - Chris Young - https://youtu.be/A_gRkJAm_vY)
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