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what if the amazing mathematicians / physicists / statisticians that are sucked into wall street worked on fusion...

• bluGill 2y ago
  Is that like trying to make a baby in 9 months by using more women?
  • esotericimpl 2y ago
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  • pfdietz 2y ago
    Sounds like a winning plan, except what are the extra women for?
  • rqtwteye 2y ago
    That’s not an apt analogy. Right now we are trying to make a baby with less than one woman
  • navane 2y ago
    How about trying to deliver any baby, using more women, and you don't know which one are infertile
  • fragmede 2y ago
    Not really. The mythical man month fallacy of 9 women making a baby in 1 month is about rushing a specific project, and having the coordination between the individuals make it take longer. For something way bigger, like the whole field of nuclear fusion, as opposed to shipping an app next quarter, more people means more work can happen. Having more smart people work on fusion instead of HFT (eg Jim Simons), would lead to progress and advancement in the field, compared to not.
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    9 women can produces babies 9x faster than one woman can
  • s1artibartfast 2y ago
    Maybe it is like trying to make more babies using more women, which absolutely works.