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Yeah, Peter Thiel also thinks college is a waste of time, because you could be working at making a bunch of money instead. The fact of the matter is, without t
by scrame 14y ago
Yeah, Peter Thiel also thinks college is a waste of time, because you could be working at making a bunch of money instead.
The fact of the matter is, without the continuous research and application of this type of "momentous waste of brain power", we wouldn't have the accessible and affordable technology to enable his wealth and position where people think they should give a shit what he thinks about science.
- Eliezer 14y agoPeter Thiel doesn't think Einstein was wasting his time, and isn't expressing disapprobation of physics or science; he's expressing disapprobation of modern physics-academia, and the presumption that the thing to do with your genius is obviously string theory.