| Let me tell you a story about Dr. Finsen
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| | sufficient to produce a scientific
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| and the cat. Dr. Niels Ryberg Finsen is
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| | discovery or create an invention. Without
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| the famous "light cure" specialist who
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| | an inquiring-minded observer, chance
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| started to treat lupus (tuberculosis of
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| | alone will never produce such a result.
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| the skin) with electric light in 1895. In
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| | One of the great blessings of childhood
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| 1903, he received the Nobel prize in
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| | is the inquisitive mind. Children are
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| medicine and physiology. One summer day,
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| | discovering the world, without all of the
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| Dr. Finsen gazed outside his study window
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| | preconceptions that exist in the adult
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| and saw a cat sunning itself on the roof
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| | mind. A child's parents are one of their
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| of a shed. As he watched, the cat
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| | main sources of information before they
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| happened to rise and move a little in
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| | begin school, and the endless stream of
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| order to get out of the shadow cast by a
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| | questions can at times be difficult to
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| house wall. A few minutes later, the cat
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| | endure along with all of the other
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| moved again when the advancing sun
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| | responsibilities of adult life. If you
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| lengthened the shadow. Amused and at the
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| | are a parent, try not to stop your
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| same time in a questioning mood, the
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| | children from asking "why?" all the time.
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| scientist continued to watch the cat. A
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| | This "why?" attitude can help them to
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| third, a fourth, and yet a fifth time he
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| | want to learn more and be more observant.
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| saw it change position to keep in the
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| | It helps the development of their
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| sunlight. He noted its attitude of
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| | thinking process. At the same time,
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| complete relaxation, its evident feelings
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| | don't always answer the questions with
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| of contentment. The thought occurred to
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| | answers. Encourage your child to think
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| him "It must be that this cat is getting
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| | through the "why?" themselves.
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| something out of the sunlight of great
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| | You can also develop the same mindset as
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| benefit to it. Would human beings get the
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| | an adult. This mindset can lead to
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| same thing?" Thus, the story goes, Dr.
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| | amazing professional opportunities as
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| Finsen began the studies that led to his
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| | well as the scientific breakthroughs.
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| Nobel prize winning "light cure."
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| | Take a look at what people want and what
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| It is a typical instance called
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| | companies are offering. If there is a gap
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| "knowledge by chance" that has happened
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| | in between, you might be able to find
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| to many other famous scientists, such as
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| | ways to close that gap. For instance, a
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| Daguerre, Galileo, and Sir Isaac Newton.
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| | company like Netflix changed the way many
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| Probably thousands of other people had
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| | people rent movies. Companies like Paypal
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| seen cats basking in the sun; Finsen is
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| | provide a service to enable online
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| the only one who raised the practical
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| | transactions more easily and securely.
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| question about a cat's passion for
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| | These companies found the un-met needs of
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| sunlight. Similarly it is with Newton and
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| | the market and they fulfill those needs
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| the falling apple, and Galileo and the
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| | to great success.
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| swinging lamp. Chance alone is not
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