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Albert Einstein wasn't alone. He was engaged with a scientific community, through papers, publications and such. He used maths developed by others. The scientif
by netcan 5y ago
Albert Einstein wasn't alone. He was engaged with a scientific community, through papers, publications and such. He used maths developed by others. The scientific method actually calls for multiple people, even if only for objective POVs.
Even though he wasn't on a team, that still is a model of communication. We call that model science.
The scientific revolution was largely a revolution in the way scientists were organised. They became connected to one another via publication, critical dialogue and such. The scientific method is, among other things a model of cooperation. How to replicate, publish, review and convince one another of things.
- bjornsing 5y agoSure, I buy that. But if you think chimps would produce the general theory of relativity if we could just teach them to publish their thoughts, then… I don’t buy that.
- NineStarPoint 5y agoIt’s less the ability to publish their thoughts, and more the ability to understand the published thoughts of others. I do think that almost any creature with enough presence of mind to do that could get to the theory of general relativity in a couple million years. Being able to pass intricate knowledge to future generations is really what defines humans in comparison to chimps. Although I suppose it’s hard to say exactly what the limited level of intelligence needed to understand a few paragraphs of writing is.