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> plenty of very clever people working on hard problems and coming up with clever solutions this is not what this all talk is about Einstein is an (prime) exa
by Iwan-Zotow 5y ago
> plenty of very clever people working on hard problems and coming up with clever solutions
this is not what this all talk is about
Einstein is an (prime) example of conceptualist - man, who introduced revolutionary concept into our understanding of the world.
There are a lot of Nobel laureates who are (hard) problem solvers.
But in physics looks like we truly need a conceptualist, new Einstein so to speak
- mhh__ 5y agoNearly all physicists are conceptualists though. Fundamental physics pretty much relies upon an aggressive pursuit of information density rather than the classification of evidence. Theoretically at least.
- Iwan-Zotow 5y agoStill, there are conceptualists and there are problems solvers. E.g. Bohr and Bohr. While father was conceptualist, son was clearly problem solver. Both got nobel prize
- Beltiras 5y agoThose only come about every several generations. Many of them needed the entire thinking population of humans in the meantime to package up ideas in a different way so they could bring about their flash of insight.