Keep downvoting. I would appreciate if someone had the balls to stand up and say what is it that Wolfram has achieved. OK, he has a cool software company, but f

Keep downvoting. I would appreciate if someone had the balls to stand up and say what is it that Wolfram has achieved. OK, he has a cool software company, but for a guy who wanted to revolutionize Physics, that's a meager accomplishment. I can think of tens of Caltech alumni who accomplished much more than Wolfram, but who are less inclined to publicize themselves. Some examples: - Arnold Beckman: invented the pH meter, founded Beckman Instruments, and funded tons of great research. Has two buildings at Caltech named after him. - Linus Pauling: revolutionized Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Won 2 Nobel prizes. - Charles Townes: invented the maser, won the Nobel prize. - Bill Shockley: co-invented the transistor, won the Nobel prize. - Donald Knuth: invented TeX, wrote TAOCP. - Gordon Moore: founded Intel, started the microprocessor revolution, changed the world. - Irving Reed: made important contributions to the field of error-correcting codes. - Carver Mead: revolutionized electronics, founded tons of companies. He's one of the greatest technologists of the last 50 years, and yet few people know of him. - Bill Gross: started IdeaLab and founded tons of cool startups. So.. what is it that Wolfram has achieved? His papers on Cellular Automata are cute, but not earth-shattering. ANKOS is a recreational book with more artistic value than scientific value. Mathematica is great, but we could do well without it as there are tons of other CAS'es out there. Alpha is still hype. For someone of such high intellectual caliber, Wolfram has not accomplished much indeed. Feel free to downvote. Or, if you actually have anything insightful to say, go ahead and destroy my argument.