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It's fascinating the amount of repetitive comments that believe there should be some sort of time limit for a technology to succeed. It's not clear to me where
by psychlops 4y ago
It's fascinating the amount of repetitive comments that believe there should be some sort of time limit for a technology to succeed. It's not clear to me where this line of thinking comes from, the implication being that if something doesn't work after x years, people should just give up and go back to the old ways.
- EthanHeilman 4y agoIt's the confusion between: It is unlikely that Charles Babbage is going to be able to build his difference engine and even if he does it is so complex and so prone to failure that it probably will never be commercially viable. vs. It is unlikely that Charles Babbage is going to be able to build his difference engine, thus proving computers can't work and have no utility.