Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

A middle-school teen has been named “America’s top young scientist” after developing a bar of soap that could be useful in the treatment of melanoma, a skin cancer that is diagnosed in about 100,000 people in the US each year and kills approximately 8,000.

    • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      sure Edison, did almost nothing himself, is still erroneously praised as “inventor of the light bulb” and other shit

        • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          while you may not like the example, the truth is a lot of these types of things required organizations and teams to develop (modern word for invent, because I have had interactions with people that illiterate), but that doesn’t fit in the popular narrative of the genius inventor who through hard work and determination made the world better and got rich for it.

          • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            1 year ago

            It’s not that I like the example or not. It’s just that we’re talking about a world famous dick vs. a 14-year-old kid who’s probably well-intentioned.