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Well, I have Ph.D. in Physics, and what he says makes a lot of sense to me. And I did experiements and know that managing reality is much harder than thinking a
by alexey_denisov 9y ago
Well, I have Ph.D. in Physics, and what he says makes a lot of sense to me. And I did experiements and know that managing reality is much harder than thinking about it.
- txsh 9y agoI cannot comprehend how incredibly intelligent you are. Please continue with your extremely valuable insights.
- yesenadam 9y agoYes, I'm not saying it didn't make sense—it made a lot of sense, common sense even—just dressed up painfully in erudition. Every commonplace thought (every sentence) was dragged in as a quote from a different writer. Edit out all the name-dropping and not much would be left.[0] When I was 15 I would have been fooled, impressed, but the Emperor's nakedness is now painfully obvious to me. 'A mountain had gone into labour and was groaning terribly. Such rumours excited great expectations all over the country. In the end, however, the mountain gave birth to a mouse.' [0] I haven't seen anything nearly so bad in critical theory-type philosophy, but in, say, post-modern writing and the art world, it's not uncommon. That's why the Sokal hoax worked.
- alexey_denisov 9y agoI agree that this thought could be presented better. On the other hand it is the first time that I see an important long-term idea came to the top of Hacker News. (Not staying long though.)