The discovery of a scientific truth is never accomplished by a person who doesn't look. Discoveries are made by people who question, look and are willing to learn from their discoveries. 

 

In 2001at the 48th Annual Scientific Session for the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, I presented my first lecture presentation on FMTVDM - BEST at a medical conference.

 

Following the hour long lecture - when Dr. Iraj Khalkhali first introduced himself to me - I had the surreal experience of observing several hundred people who had heard the lecture. Unlike most lectures where there is a continuum of understanding from those who didn't understand you, to those who totally understood everything you said, to everything in between; the lecture in Toronto was different.

 

Following the Toronto presentation, you could draw a line down the room, with half of the people having a light bulb moment while the other half had no idea what I had been talking about for the last hour.

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Explaining ITIRD in 1994 was the first, while FMTVDM was the later.

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Five years earlier, in 1996, another group of scientists set out to explore a question that they were told was a waste of time. That investigation was The Hubble Telescope Ultra Deep Field Investigation. 

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Discoveries are only made by those willing to question, look and learn.