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Good points. I also hoped that the internet would make everyone smarter by allowing anyone to read physics papers and watch videos on how to build a pc. But we
by confidantlake 6y ago
Good points. I also hoped that the internet would make everyone smarter by allowing anyone to read physics papers and watch videos on how to build a pc. But we are social creatures, so here I am posting on a message board instead.
- cambalache 6y agoThat Internet existed, until 1996 or so. It still exists somehow, but what % of the population at any given time do you expect will be reading Wittgenstein or Braudel, or looking forward to the next Witten's preprint? 10%, 5%, 1%? The scary thing is that now he have Fields Medal winners claiming that 2+2 could be 5 only to not appear as an asshole before the digital Robespierres.