A Fuller Explanation

R. Buckminster Fuller was one of those scientists who lived ahead of his time. It is painful for scientists to live and work ahead of their time. It usually means that they are not supported and end up sacrificing much of their personal life to the support of their own scientific work. Worse than this is the fact that they often work with no opportunity for scientific feedback. They are essentially without peers. Sometimes they will discover a few who understand their work, but often they work in scientific isolation. These scientists who work ahead of their time have no opportunity for dialogue. Without benefit of scientific dialogue, scientists often create an eccentric language and personal semantics to describe their discoveries. These eccentric languages and personal semantics can make understanding their works even more difficult. Fortunately for those who desire to understand Fuller, we have Amy C. Edmondson. (01/27/02) 
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