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VanillaElectrical331 t1_j63tx5f wrote

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Laziness is the mother of invention

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StrangerThanGene t1_j63ug9r wrote

No, necessity is. Laziness is the mother of failure.

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VanillaElectrical331 t1_j63upzd wrote

Oh sorry laziness is the grandmother of invention. Being the mother of necessity. After all, failure necessitates change.

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StrangerThanGene t1_j63uzse wrote

>After all, failure necessitates change.

No, it really doesn't. And that's important.

Failure isn't the impetus - it's a consequence.

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VanillaElectrical331 t1_j63wysf wrote

My laser cutter failed to properly cut through some Perspex, i drew up an air assist nozzle in SolidWorks and printed it. I currently work in aerospace r&d and my favorite term is unnobtainium. In context: an engineer sits at their desk looking at a drawing wishing they could make it real but, alas the materials needed for it do not exist. If only they had that unnobtainium. The previous materials failed to meet expectations, so we make new ones.

It may be anecdotal but, in my experience failure is in some sense always the impetus

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StrangerThanGene t1_j63xi3b wrote

>My laser cutter failed to properly cut through some Perspex

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> in my experience failure is in some sense always the impetus

The impetus was whatever made you want the cut Perspex in the first place. The failure was just a hindrance.

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VanillaElectrical331 t1_j63zde7 wrote

Oh please, do explain why a hindrance, failure, or whatever word you want to use, isn't an impetus.

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StrangerThanGene t1_j64249m wrote

Because you were already doing it...

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VanillaElectrical331 t1_j643s66 wrote

No. I was already cutting a hanger for my wire rolls. I was not already putting a air assist on my k40. The world is shit, it fails to live up to our wants and desires, and thus invention. Something fails to exist before it is created. You can't wriggle out a "I don't want to call it failure" in a world as imperfect as thos one.

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