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The title wasn't written for you, but that doesn't make it clickbait. That's true even though it's not a great title. The author is a physicist/computer scient
by hyperpape 6y ago
The title wasn't written for you, but that doesn't make it clickbait. That's true even though it's not a great title.
The author is a physicist/computer scientist writing on his personal blog. He is writing about some of his own work, 20 years later, and his likely audience probably has context about that work, or will be linked from somewhere that provides that context. The fact that you and I stumbled upon it from a decontextualized aggregator is a bug.
- CyberDildonics 6y agoIt wouldn't be a bug if there was more information than "20 years later"
- fireattack 6y agoTotally unrelated, but why is he in Math department instead of Physics?
- cambalache 6y agoPeter Woit(the author) is a lecturer in the department of mathematics at Columbia University. He is kind of a black sheep in the high-energy physics world. He has a PhD in physics from Harvard, so he certainly has the credentials but his academic career stalled/never took off, so after some post-docs he took a job at Columbia teaching mathematics and maintaining the computer network of the department. A fact that has not passed unnoticed by his "enemies"(many string theorists),so they use that to mock him and dismiss his not entirely unreasonable criticism of ST. That shows you that eminent physicists can be as tribalistic, petty and emotional as a stereotypical 14 year old girl.