Cecil Moore wrote:
...
is, unless the patent office guy was right - you
know, the one who said, around the end of the 19th
century, that everything had already been invented.

Hey, all he did was spawn a "Everything Has Already Been Discovered
Society", and of course the famous "Everything IS Already Known
Society." But, my all time favorites are the, "Don't Challenge Present
Thinking and Theory Society" and, "If Einstein Said It, It Must Be True
Society."

I end up having discourse with a number of these groups members
here--usually the latter. serious look

Alas, I was born too late, all the good theories were taken.

Regards,
JS