The False Geometry of Serendipity

Serendipity. A terrible word to parse. It sits in the vocabulary list demanding a precision that does not exist, etymologically messy. From Serendip, an old Persian name for Ceylon, Sri Lanka. Horace Walpole coined it by referencing a fairy tale, 'The Three Princes of Serendip,' who were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of...
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The False Geometry of Serendipity

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