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What if the survey respondents value earlier discoveries more because they understand them better? I remember my mathematics professors saying, once they chose
by vharuck 8y ago
What if the survey respondents value earlier discoveries more because they understand them better? I remember my mathematics professors saying, once they chose a specialty within a field, there wee only a dozen or so people in the world who could discuss it on the same level. So concurrent appreciation is rare within a single field, let alone across fields.
But, as a high schooler, I was taught the basics of Einstein's general theory of relativity. I couldn't do the math, but I appreciated its value. Maybe the respondents undervalue recent discoveries in different fields.
- LeonB 8y agoEffects like that could only be measured if they repeated the same survey many times over decades before publishing. Even then it would be confounded by a lot of other factors. Instead they’ve marched forward using junk science to discredit science. I found it a really weird and off key article. They might be right but I wouldn’t use this article to demonstrate it. (And I otherwise have a lot of respect for the authors.)