They should neither heed accidental observation nor listen to nature as naive pupils.
“I believe serendipity and rational planning are as much intertwined as are particles and waves that some explorers set out to circumnavigate the globe and do just that, while others set out for China and discover the Americas instead.”
Dr Glashow was speaking on ‘Blind chance or intelligent design: The need for basic research’, organised as part of Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series in India on Thursday.
He said some scientific advances such as X-rays and penicillin, arose unplanned and unexpected. “Others, such as streptomycin and nuclear reactors, resulted from targeted and premeditated research.”
