Bliss on "Inventions"

Prelude : Once when I was very passionately explaining my thoughts about this topic to my wife, she looked at me expression-less and made a contemptuous comment.....

Let me touch upon her exact words in the last part of this musings....
It can wait.....!! How nicely she gave me another input for my thoughts....... !!

Dear All

If you are guessing that I plan to start off by stating the most obvious difference between "invention" and "discovery" - you are terribly mistaken.....!! On the contrary, I intend to spill my awe and admiration about the inseparability and inter-woven-nature of these two words.

Persistent WHY questions have given rise to all that human beings have discovered. It is more about observing around and trying to understand things as they are. When man dared to challenge the existing (rather as much as have been understood) realities, inventions have taken place.

Discoveries uncover our past and present while inventions are executed dreams about future.

The beauty is the way they lend support to each other......!!

YES, I see a shade of invention in every thing that human beings have discovered at least at the level of the discoverer; Even for an ignorant mind, every trivial thing that is quite common for "known" people comes as an invention and hits him as a big jolt.

Imagine a villager reaching a metro city for the first time,...... Will he not be intoxicated and speech-less with his new (truly for him) inventions / learning's.....??

I don't think Newton was sure that he was "discovering" when he was gazing at the falling apple....Was he ??

On the other hand, every invention had been enabled only with a fundamental understanding about earlier discoveries. Further, Inventions have served the purpose of making mankind understand few grand scientific truths that were discovered long back and which was a foundation for such inventions (I distinctly remember that I learnt about ETHER existing in atmosphere only when some one explained how RADIO works; How about you ?)

AGANDAM (or the Universe) might not be so interesting if we do not care to enjoy its little things..... its vastness and ..... unbounded-ness....!!

That gives the precise reason why this posting should exist in this blog too....

Love // Suren

ps:- Forgot to tell, My wife's exact words were "Why are you boring me by telling things that I know already ??" She didn't even realize the connection that it was a case of BLISS of INVENTION for me but a well known and "no more inspiring" Discovery.....!!!!

That's all, Thanks.....