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> Systems of this sort cannot be modelled mathematically There's an amazing naive confidence required to say in absolute terms that something cannot be done. E
by bastawhiz 4y ago
> Systems of this sort cannot be modelled mathematically
There's an amazing naive confidence required to say in absolute terms that something cannot be done. Essentially every great human achievement was considered impossible at one point.
- Morizero 4y ago"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" -Lord Kelvin, 1895
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- anonporridge 4y ago“The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law’ becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.” - Paul Krugman in 1998
- jfengel 4y agoKrugman was right that most people have nothing to say to each other. He just didn't realize that it wouldn't stop them from talking, incessantly.
- ta988 4y agoTo the defense of the authors that exact point is defended just after they expose their initial propositions. Their discussion is much deeper than what the comment above restricts it to.