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> I think I can say this is mostly wrong. There are 3 sentences in my comment. What specific claim do you consider to be wrong and what is your evidence?
by d0mine 11y ago
> I think I can say this is mostly wrong.
There are 3 sentences in my comment. What specific claim do you consider to be wrong and what is your evidence?
- nl 11y agoAll 3 The crucial difference is that an amateur can provide a meaningful contribution to an open-source software project while the same is unlikely in (modern) science. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-the-amateur-comet-hunter-who-out-gazes-the-big-telescopes http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-the-amateur-comet-hunt... http://io9.gizmodo.com/5841287/the-story-of-the-woman-who-discovered-new-species-in-her-garden http://io9.gizmodo.com/5841287/the-story-of-the-woman-who-di... You need years of intense studying even to understand the current state of the art in a chosen scientific field. From personal experience, this isn't the case. But you'll complain about citations, so: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160313-mathematicians-discover-prime-conspiracy/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160313-mathematicians-disco... Experiments require more money too. See the examples provided above.