Even my wife's tiny little "Baby Browning" .25 ACP is a jewel, as are all of his other inventions. I had the pleasure to shoot a few, including the outstanding (if heavy) BAR.
John Moses Browning will never be forgotten. And the man did it all without a hint of CAD tools or modern materials science. THAT is genius.
Right, no computer-aided design or machining. Still, it makes me wonder whether advanced education helps or hinders creativity.
There’s an old joke about another self-taught genius, Edison. One guy says, “Imagine what he could have accomplished if he had gone to college and gotten an engineering degree.” The other guy replies, “Yes, he could have spent his life designing better kerosene lanterns.” And what about Bill Gates? Just think—if he had finished college and gotten an MBA, he too could have built Enron.