author: Alfred N. Whitehead
content: '"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is
  the mother of futile dodges" is much closer to the truth. The basis of growth of
  modern invention is science, and science is almost wholly the outgrowth of pleasurable
  intellectual curiosity.'
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