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Maybe, but back then you just had to be an interested party of some learning whose work was correct. Now you have to be a “professional” or endorsed by one. It’

Maybe, but back then you just had to be an interested party of some learning whose work was correct. Now you have to be a “professional” or endorsed by one. It’s a status competition with real resources on the table rather than an aristocratic hobby for the few who were interested.

hwillis 5y ago
> Maybe, but back then you just had to be an interested party of some learning whose work was correct. 1905 was very different from 1705. It was not particularly different from today, aside from cars, planes and computers. Hell, it was a golden age of physics research and incredibly well respected. The men and woman of the fifth Solvay conference [1], Emmy Noether and all the incredible mathematicians of the time- most of them did not come from means and could hardly be described as aristocrats. > Now you have to be a “professional” or endorsed by one. No, you just pay the publishing fee. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solvay_conference_1927.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solvay_conference_1927.jp...