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> I remember the smugness with which Stephen Wolfram is routinely dismissed from having non-consensus views of physics The guy is disliked for taking too much
by Chris2048 6y ago
> I remember the smugness with which Stephen Wolfram is routinely dismissed from having non-consensus views of physics
The guy is disliked for taking too much credit for things, not for "having non-consensus views" - which is sort of the opposite problem.
- btilly 6y agoHe is disliked for different things by different people. See https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-criticize-stephen-wolframs-theory-of-everything/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-critic... for scientists dismissing his theories of physics.
- Chris2048 6y agoMaybe, but I was talking about ppl on HN
- btilly 6y agoPeople on HN are merely a (rather biased) sample of people in the world. Just as people in general can dislike him for different reasons, people on HN do as well. I respect him for his work in programming. I dislike him for assuming that success makes him correct in whatever theories he comes up with in physics. Particularly when he has failed to produce any testable predictions.