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What an ignorant thing to say.
by doublesCs 6y ago
What an ignorant thing to say.
- dash2 6y agoCare to expand on why and give a correction?
- protomolecule 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24441638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24441638
- mellosouls 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24441242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24441242
- mellosouls 6y agoExamples of criticism of the physics prize: https://physicsworld.com/a/breakthrough-prize-criticized-for-rewarding-failed-ideas/ https://physicsworld.com/a/breakthrough-prize-criticized-for... http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=11138 http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=11138 http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/08/special-breakthrough-prize-awarded-for.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/08/special-breakthroug...
- protomolecule 6y agoThey are all related to a single award -- 2019 (special) for supergravity.
- Google234 6y agoThey’ve been giving awards to failed ideas since the start.
- mellosouls 6y agoThey are just examples - and intended as counter to the "ignorant" accusation which implies there was no truth to the idea of criticism.
- gdy 6y agoFair enough.
- doublesCs 6y ago> What an ignorant thing to say > (...) > http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=11138 http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=11138 > http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/08/special-breakthrough-prize-awarded-for.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/08/special-breakthroug... Thanks for that, because my comment applies exceedingly well to people like Peter Woit and Sabine Hossenfelder; I've never heard of Michael Banks.