Sometimes innovation is not immediately apparent. Often truly innovative individuals think so far into the future that their peers may regard them as illogical, unreasonable, or even delusional in some cases. Throughout history, such individuals often kept their ideas to themselves for fear of ridicule from public at that time. In some cases, these individuals were persecuted or even punished for their beliefs. Who would ever believe that the Earth revolved around the sun, or that the earth is not flat. One would think that such narrow minded beliefs would no longer be present in today's scientifically advanced society, but this is not always the case. A little over 100 years ago, it was announced that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” Obviously, this was not the case and as recently as 50 years ago, the claims made by one individual, Richard Feynman, we disregarded as impossible to achieve. Today we look back upon his speech in 1959, now made famous for the accuracy of his predictions. Yet, Feynman was no prognostic, but rather a man who took notice of what could be possible and voiced his opinions. Today, the ideas that were once believed to be illogical are now considered to be genius. The lesson to be learned is that radical notions should not be disregarded as preposterous, rather they should be considered with regard to the basic science behind the ideas. If the science is sound, what may be at one time considered impossible, may later be considered truly innovative.

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