4 ms·
Does this analysis account for the acceleration of scientific inquiry and the follow-on benefits?
by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 4y ago
Does this analysis account for the acceleration of scientific inquiry and the follow-on benefits?
- coldtea 4y agoWhen it comes to people and papers published, yes. But There's not much "acceleration of scientific inquiry" as it pertains to results. If anything it's a slowdown after the 60s-70s, an acceleration in BS papers and incremental updates, but lack of real big discoveries. Consider discoveries like: steam engine, combustion engine, jet engine, electricity, "the germ theory of disease", vaccines, surgery, x-rays, laser, nuclear power, airplane, car, air conditioning, fridge, digital computer, reinforced concrete, spectometer, synthesizer, transistors, DNA, etc. Including of course the digital computer, the personal computer, the OS, the command line, the UI, the mouse, the internet, Lisp and Smalltalk. Here's a take: https://news.uchicago.edu/scientific-progress-slowing-james-evans https://news.uchicago.edu/scientific-progress-slowing-james-... Here's another: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEBsj18Y4NnVx5Qdu43cKEHMaVBODTTyfHBa8GIRSec/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEBsj18Y4NnVx5Qdu43cKEHM... But the real pulpit imho is having captured the low hanging fruits.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 4y agoThe human genome project is a classic example of research acceleration by virtue of collaboration mediated by the internet.