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Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (11 children)

We stand on the shoulders of giants etc etc. But it seems odd to me that they wouldn't think about using this for communication at least.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It's not always immediately obvious to what end you can use a new innovation. For instance, the Romans discovered and built a steam engine. But nobody connected the dots that it could be used to power a train.

To me, it showcases the main reason why we need to collaborate. Only together, we can exponentially increase the potential of everything we build.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Herons steam "engine" had no power whatsoever and was not scalable. And even if it would have been scalable, they had had no fuel to drive it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I thought they did invent a steam engine at some point. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

The thing is they were never going to invent the steam engine because they didn't have the technology to produce steel to the quality and strength that would be needed to build rails. And for that matter they didn't really have the metallurgy necessary to construct reliable boilers either.

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