A lot of truly great theories came from mundane observations. Pondering lobster eyes led to a leap forward in optic sensors. A brilliant developmental psychobiologist made a tremendous contribution to systems theory by watching her kids play.
Shout out to Viktor Schauberger.
"The majority of real scientific breakthroughs do not come from someone shouting "EUREKA!", but from muttering, "Huh...that's interesting...""
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