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The question is what they plan on doing with all their scientific knowledge once they succeed. Sure, they'll keep it internal for a while to make sure their kn
by 2001zhaozhao 2mo ago
The question is what they plan on doing with all their scientific knowledge once they succeed.
Sure, they'll keep it internal for a while to make sure their knowledge bank is more thorough than everyone else's, and because oftentimes discoveries can be far more convincing internally than externally (you need fewer sigmas for it to update your belief in a certain direction). But then how do they intend to profit from it in the end?
- scottyah 2mo agoThese are all top-class engineers entering retirement age and none of them are hurting for money. This seems like Don Knuth working on finishing his books, or Tim Berners-Lee working on Solid.