Humans are amazing creatures. Sure, we can be incredibly stupid, both individually and as a race. But many individuals down through history have been absolute geniuses. Humans have invented farming, incubators, thermometers, desalinization, paper, air conditioning, flight (at speeds faster than sound; even into space and back), jet propulsion, computers, compasses, underwater breathing and submarines, sonar, antifreeze, incredibly accurate clocks, …
What WAS Willis talkin’ bout?
Thanks to Augusta poet Linda Lee Harper for calling to mind on facebook the debt we owe to the guy who invented air conditioning. That guy was Willis Carrier, the Medical Examiner’s inaugural Man of the Year in 2010. Read all about it here, and be sure to check out the shocking family misfortunes in The Skinny. Open publication – …