¶ America
Index Entry
America:
“The discovery of the new clean slate of the American continents was, incidentally, a complete inadvertence so far as society’s volition was concerned. (‘Inadvertence’ is now a specific factor known in science as the ‘random element.’) If they had sustainable mechanical refrigeration in Europe at that time it is possible that the Americans would not have been discovered until much later.”
¶ Citations
- NINE CHAINS TO THE MOON, pp.141-142, 1938
