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Was Edison's invention of the light bulb not science because Thomson hadn't discovered the electron yet? Should Edison have politely waited for a quantum descri
by Veedrac 6y ago
Was Edison's invention of the light bulb not science because Thomson hadn't discovered the electron yet? Should Edison have politely waited for a quantum description of charge before daring to build something with it?
The fact that we don't fully understand why neural networks are so effective does not imply it's not science.
- burntoutfire 6y ago> Was Edison's invention of the light bulb not science because Thomson hadn't discovered the electron yet? Umm... yes it wasn't? Invention of a light bulb was not a scientific discovery. No new physical laws were discovered in the process. You can invent something useful by bruteforcing through many trials and errors or even by just plain luck, without creating any new scientific understanding along the way. (Btw Wikipedia does not even regard Edison as a scientist.)