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Not a good metric for producing scientific talent, and it doesn't distinguish reading fiction from actually educating yourself. For the purposes of producing sc
by bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
Not a good metric for producing scientific talent, and it doesn't distinguish reading fiction from actually educating yourself. For the purposes of producing scientific talent, reading fiction helps you as much as watching TV.
- philosopher1234 2y agoI don’t know any definition of actually educating yourself that would exclude reading fiction. And why are you focused on the purpose of producing scientific talent?
- shepherdjerred 2y agoThe article is trying to explain why the Soviets were so good at keeping up with the US in science/math
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y agoRight... tell me you didn't read the article, am I right. That's why I didn't bother replying. I often feel the impulse to reply to "show everyone that this guy is talking nonsense" but if that's obvious other people will see it too, so I say nothing.
- 12345hn6789 2y agoThis is an incredibly pessimistic view. Do you have any sources to these claims?
- 082349872349872 2y agoI bet a lot of scientific talent was inspired (on either side* of the Iron Curtain) by the genre of fiction this dude is reading: https://barykin-pin-up.ru/#/i/kniga-luchshaya-podruga https://barykin-pin-up.ru/#/i/kniga-luchshaya-podruga * Lem (Cyberiad, etc.) was all I could get of theirs, on mine.