Comments on: 3MT : Drains and Heroism http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2009/06/10/3mt-drains-and-heroism/ Words about God and life for the Attention Deficit generation Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan of Quark http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2009/06/10/3mt-drains-and-heroism/comment-page-1/#comment-3556 Joan of Quark Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:28:38 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=406#comment-3556 While I agree with your end paragraph, and that the whole voting for an invention thing is a bit of a gimmick, I'd say Snow was a doctor and statistician and Bazalgette an engineer, rather than describing their wonderful work as scientific invention, or even technological innovation. Sewers had been created by the Romans. I think there is a drastic shortage of scientists, engineers and technologists, and possibly the lone inventor myth/exaggeration is forgivable if it gets people interested. While I agree with your end paragraph, and that the whole voting for an invention thing is a bit of a gimmick, I’d say Snow was a doctor and statistician and Bazalgette an engineer, rather than describing their wonderful work as scientific invention, or even technological innovation. Sewers had been created by the Romans.

I think there is a drastic shortage of scientists, engineers and technologists, and possibly the lone inventor myth/exaggeration is forgivable if it gets people interested.

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