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Welcome to the world of Complex Systems research. Complex Systems guy: we just showed a system operates in a critical state scale-free phase transition and its

• jquery 5y ago
  I think this research is super interesting, and it's disappointing such a blaze, dismissive comment is at the top. Cosmologists: we literally took a picture of a black hole! Someone: So? I already knew they existed. Besides, it's not a picture of a black hole, it's just the ring around the black hole. yawn Cosmologists: oh... sorry for wasting your time.
  • cjbgkagh 5y ago
    I was far more interested in the algorithms they used than the actual picture of the black hole.
    • iratewizard 5y ago
      The social politics that came out were most interesting to me. The person with a smaller contribution to the project taking a lion's share of credit. The lead, a soft coward who has been conditioned to let her take credit. The history of that tribe of people doing this sort of self promotion.
    • hoseja 5y ago
      And the imaging instrument.
  • hungryforcodes 5y ago
    It was pretty funny though -- and quite true, if you know CS people:)