Just as we didn't go to the moon to invent Velcro, we didn't build particle colliders so that we could invent the magnet for our MRI machines.
Randy Weber: “Just as we didn't go to the moon to invent Velcro, we didn't build particle colliders so that we could invent the magnet…”
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Emphasizing the unexpected benefits of scientific advancements.
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