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No, I don't think you are missing anything. Only recently have engineers been inventing things from "first principles". I think for the majority of human civili
by doctoboggan 7mo ago
No, I don't think you are missing anything. Only recently have engineers been inventing things from "first principles". I think for the majority of human civilization we've mostly invented and improved through trial and error.
- willis936 7mo agoHow many computing or mathematical constructs fall into that category? You don't accidentally land on a new algorithm typically. The author shouldn't have discussed inventions when the nugget is about "original thought".
- jareklupinski 7mo agoyea all of modern semiconductors were built on a guy going "wouldnt it be cool if i could write using metal instead of ink" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czochralski_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czochralski_method