Science  ̶ and technological innovations ̶ have often ignored local knowledge and even obstructed its dissemination. Born in 1885 as the son of an Austrian forest superintendent, Viktor Schauberger guiding principle for experimentation was his intuition, which was based on his own observations of nature, his reading of old philosophers and poets, as well as on the deep knowledge of the mountain men who had spent their lives in the forests. As the story of Schauberger has shown, technological breakthroughs are often the result of holistic thinking that incorporates ideas from different disciplines and people, including artists, philosophers, farmers, foresters and engineers.Â
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