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It is 100% a joke. He seems to be pointing out that you can get the press to over hype a scientific/mathematical advance by giving it a neat name, e.g. dark ma
by acadien 13y ago
It is 100% a joke. He seems to be pointing out that you can get the press to over hype a scientific/mathematical advance by giving it a neat name, e.g. dark matter, anti matter, god particle, quantum-anything, electro-anything, super-anything, hyper-anything.
- Dylan16807 13y agoBut wasn't the point of the other one that representing it as a multi-dimensional volume was novel? That had nothing to do with the name. What's the point of mocking the name?
- acadien 13y agoHe's not mocking the name or the finding, he's mocking the press coverage. This seems clear to me from the opening paragraph, maybe I'm missing something?
- Dylan16807 13y agoI don't see how he's mocking the coverage and not the concept itself. Shrug.