> mindlessly keeping it secret and defending against idea theives The patent system, however imperfect it may be, was made to prevent just this: you disclose your invention, and you get exclusive rights for a couple decades in return. Presumably the state of things before patents existed was worse.
About Pantone's invention there seems to be a lot of literature with varying factuality, pointers to a serious experimental proof that more MPG were obtained by adding water would be welcome. Any peer reviewed paper? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Beaty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Pantone may be subjected to forced medication > On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Jones Beene wrote: > >> Sad, but it does illustrate very dramatically the close connection >> between inventive, or creative, genius and insanity. > > I'd say that it's much closer to the connection between an artist and > the "muses." > > Specifically, if an artist receives the gift of a great idea, but then > becomes self-aggrandizing and tries to get rich off that gift... the > "muses" become very nasty and turn against the artist. (Or instead of > "muses," call it "your inner child" or "your real self.") > > Or think of it in religious terms: the gods give you a gift, and you turn > around and try to control it and sell it to fellow humans, while > mindlessly keeping it secret and defending against idea theives. It's > almost as if such gifts come with a curse. They should display a warning > label: "treat this with ego and greed, and it will burn you alive." > > Or this: > > Whom the gods would destroy, they first deliver the plans for > a free energy device. > > > The Prometheus Game - Moray B. King > http://amasci.com/freenrg/prometh.html > > > Free energy devices... as a meme! > http://amasci.com/freenrg/spred1.txt > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >
