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There's value in people trying to derive things from first principles sometimes. It can lead to something unique, like outsider art.
by lukas099 3y ago
There's value in people trying to derive things from first principles sometimes. It can lead to something unique, like outsider art.
- hef19898 3y agoMost of the time so, this approach leads to very deep discoveries of the kind other people learned in the first days of a 101 lesson studying said subject, at university or during some formal training of trade or craft.
- lukas099 3y agoYes. But society on net benefits from it.
- hef19898 3y agoFrom people studying a subject through formal training? I agree, more people should do that!
- lukas099 3y agoNo, from having many people try to do something brand new, most of them fail miserably, and a tiny number of them creates something revolutionary. Also what you said, but they aren't mutually exclusive.