Natural selection at work, weeding out the unimaginative skeptics.
The situation reminds me of a story I heard long ago about Benjamin Franklin. At a demonstration of a hot air balloon, a relatively new concept, a man asked, “Of what use is it?” Franklin chuckled at the man’s lack of imagination, and replied, “Of what use, sir, is a new-born baby?”
Random musings:
Natural selection at work, weeding out the unimaginative skeptics.
The situation reminds me of a story I heard long ago about Benjamin Franklin. At a demonstration of a hot air balloon, a relatively new concept, a man asked, “Of what use is it?” Franklin chuckled at the man’s lack of imagination, and replied, “Of what use, sir, is a new-born baby?”