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> Why do you think special relativity or quantum mechanics are “big leap” things? It has been more than 90 years since they were invented. At the time they wer
by tikej 7y ago
> Why do you think special relativity or quantum mechanics are “big leap” things?
It has been more than 90 years since they were invented. At the time they were proposed they've been unexpected and quite unwelcome.
I definitely agree that right now the progress is more linear, distributed and steady, but I wouldn't exactly call quantum computing (application of theory that has been created ~90 years ago) "big leap". I would rather compare it to development of hear engine from thermodynamics.
By big leaps I meant "paradigm-shifting" kind of things. These things cannot be expected to come from steady pipelines and projects with expected outcomes with anticipated results.
- mlthoughts2018 7y agoI have not seen an example of a singular thing that is “paradigm shifting.” Even with relativity, the overall set of concepts and results is paradigm shifting, but every individual contributor, including Einstein, pursued small specific incremental pieces and various postulations whose significance wasn’t determined until years latee through incremental experiments.