@doonxib @white_male @judgedread "But, I do believe it is a commonly understood truth that incidental day to day labors bring about far more inventions and discoveries than deliberate activity to find such things"

That is not a commonly understood truth.

And not wanting to offer one single example because muh precious time, is a bit weak. I can name half a dozen examples of the opposite off the top of my head, and dozens more if I had a few minutes to google. In no particular order:

- Radar
- Nuclear power
- The jet engine
- The solid-state semiconductor
- Atomic clocks
- Inertial navigation
- Nylon
- Solar panels
- X-ray machines