See and that is where I disagree. In the U.S. we've gone from everyone with a potential interest in the hard sciences being able to take and afford taking the time to drop heavy objects and timing how quickly they fall, even if there is no obvious monetary value, BACK to only if you are a rich fail-son with an intense interest in the hard sciences can you take the time and money to drop heavy objects and timing how quickly they fall, but THIS TIME it is normally for a corporation to patent the gravitational formula.
We're literally in the middle of societal devolution.
See and that is where I disagree. In the U.S. we've gone from everyone with a potential interest in the hard sciences being able to take and afford taking the time to drop heavy objects and timing how quickly they fall, even if there is no obvious monetary value, BACK to only if you are a rich fail-son with an intense interest in the hard sciences can you take the time and money to drop heavy objects and timing how quickly they fall, but THIS TIME it is normally for a corporation to patent the gravitational formula.
We're literally in the middle of societal devolution.
Absolutely in the US, yes, but I was thinking about it from a more global perspective.