Now if you wish to take this from a Theological point of view, God creates, man modifies! :)


>And most especially, as the wiki fails to enlarge on, it was a limey who invented the light bulb:
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>http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/edison.asp
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>>Edison took the glory and that is about all he contributed to "his inventions". He had a laboratory of men working for him who did the inventing.
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison
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>>Edison owned the company and owned the patents.
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>>Just like today. Take Hewlett Packard for example. I knew engineers there that invented many things but HP owns the patent rights. You never hear the name of the “inventor”. Just HP.
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>>>>I agree. Throughout history, there have been many who have made major contributions to science and received no recognition.
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>>>Here's one... I don't know if it's myth or fact, but it is claimed that the incandescent light bulb was actually invented by a Canadian who sold rights to his patent to Edison. Yet we've all learned that "Thomas Edison invented the light bulb". (apparently Edison had the connections and know-how to get the thing to market (which I guess in the end is what really matters)).
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>>>>>I used to have an absolute trust in "Nobel Prize Winner" designation, until I found out this:
>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu
>>>>>You may say that it was an exception, but since something so blatantly unfair could happen, it's hard to not become skeptical.