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Of course Wolfram is rich and famous precisely because he has had a lot of good ideas. That's not to be discounted. It's also important to not immediately disc
by forgot_again 6y ago
Of course Wolfram is rich and famous precisely because he has had a lot of good ideas. That's not to be discounted.
It's also important to not immediately discount Wolfram's work simply because he is wealthy and successful and not a formal member of academia. However it seems that some are personally threatened or dislike Wolfram because of who he is which triggers a knee jerk reaction against his work.
I am not an internet fanboy of Wolfram's, I'm only pushing back a bit against the idea that incremental progress upon the scientific mainstream is the only path forward.
- mellosouls 6y agoNo, to be clear, I wasn't including you in the internet fanboys. I and others are just suggesting Wolfram go through the same process as everybody else instead of using his power to subvert it. That isn't motivated by being threatened, just by a sense of fairness. As for his good ideas, absolutely - but they are all in business and unconnected to the grand theories he is now promoting - his prior physics experience is junior and long ago, and certainly doesn't warrant special treatment.