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I'd like to push back on that comparison. At least unlike Weinstein, Wolfram produced a genuinely impressive and useful piece of software, which empowers scient
by mr_mitm 4mo ago
I'd like to push back on that comparison. At least unlike Weinstein, Wolfram produced a genuinely impressive and useful piece of software, which empowers scientists and students worldwide. While his physics work is a little questionable and not too interesting, he doesn't seem to care too much what other people think. He'd never latch on to some podcast bro to give his ideas a wider reach. All Weinstein does is drop big names left and right and whine about how Big String Theory has taken over modern physics and suppresses free thinkers.
- themafia 4mo agoThat's fair. What I was trying to get at is that Weinstein is also independently successful albeit in a completely unrelated field. There may be small parts of truth in his critique of the field but GU is just so completely batty and ignorant it's worth discounting his analysis here entirely. I find greater fault in the pushing of his "Intellectual Dark Web" pseudo-cult. So I would agree he's actually a contemptible character but for slightly different reasons.
- HSO 4mo ago> independently successful albeit in a completely unrelated field what field?
- tessellated 4mo agoTalking Bullshyt. See: https://anathem.fandom.com/wiki/Bulshytt https://anathem.fandom.com/wiki/Bulshytt
- themafia 4mo agoMy understanding is he works in finance.