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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-08-26 · 22:42 UTC

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

[Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.]

Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Poem (1769-03-12), “Epistle to the Author of ‘The Three Imposters [Trois Imposteurs],'” l. 22

Much more about this quote: wist.info/voltaire/85662/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #atheism #creation #existence #God #invention #meme #myth #theism

#meme #quote #quotes #god #atheism #qotd

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @[email protected] · 2026-06-05 · 12:30 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Long before flying his kite, #BenjaminFranklin was experimenting with materials to stop counterfeiters from faking #colonial paper #money. 💵

Centuries later, scientists at #NotreDame used advanced microscopes to analyze hundreds of surviving bills and found Franklin was using graphite-based ink instead of common soot ink, and embedding tiny mica particles into the #paper that shimmered when tilted. He even printed leaf vein patterns as unique anti-counterfeiting marks. 🔎

👉 https://theconversation.com/we-analyzed-paper-money-printed-by-ben-franklin-to-uncover-his-anti-counterfeiting-techniques-and-materials-innovations-282943

#counterfeit #history #printing #pennsylvania #philadelphia #science #engineering #invention #currency

#benjaminfranklin #colonial #money #notredame #paper #counterfeit

harriehq @[email protected] · 2026-04-09 · 18:47 UTC

"There are only two genders! It's basic biology!" is the shows you stopped learning in 2nd grade equivalent of "Thomas Edison invented the light bulb! It's basic science / history!"

#trans-rights #educate-yourself #literacy #science #history #biology #trans-ally #gender #thomas-edison #invention #education

#transrights #educateyourself #literacy #science #history #biology

Raccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2025-07-13 · 19:52 UTC

Taking a moment to remember John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor of the first major #synthetic #ivory, patented 1869, among other things like #InjectionMolding, which allowed him to make consumer goods which would normally use ivory, but were far cheaper, more durable, and had far less variation than the real stuff.

This man is sometimes credited with single handedly driving down demand for real ivory across the board, and later other products, as his own spread the idea that synthetic materials could be significantly better than natural ones.

While it wasn't anyone's intention at the time, his work saved the lives of countless #elephants, and likely other animals later on, as more things which animals were killed specifically for were replaced by synthetic things.

Sometimes, just solving the problem of doing a thing differently can have massive effects.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hyatt

#JohnWesleyHyatt #invention #science #industry