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Given their motivation, which is to promote the movie and the book, I'm skeptical that this is a real discovery and not just something visualized that was previ
by readerrrr 12y ago
Given their motivation, which is to promote the movie and the book, I'm skeptical that this is a real discovery and not just something visualized that was previously in a mathematical form.
If this is a real breakthrough, then where is the paper?
- sp332 12y agohttp://www.mathnet.ru/php/archive.phtml?wshow=paper&jrnid=ufn&paperid=4922&option_lang=eng http://www.mathnet.ru/php/archive.phtml?wshow=paper&jrnid=uf...
- readerrrr 12y agoThat is nice, but I'm afraid the primary motivation was money. Which in the perfect world shouldn't be the case. I guess the end result is still better than most movies, a paper, and some science promotion for the general public.
- sp332 12y agoI really don't understand this comment. First, science generally is profitable. Medicine, materials research, etc. And in a perfect world, wouldn't it be great if science was profitable? If people would invest in massive research projects, and scientists could bankroll themselves without begging for grant money?
- readerrrr 12y agoScience is not profitable, its application is. And in a perfect world, wouldn't it be great if science was profitable? No, that would make it vulnerable to abuse, look at what happened to lawyering, college fees, private health care. Capitalizing it only makes it worse. Science shouldn't be influenced by money. Imagine if it were, and compare it to politics. Do you want scientists to make decisions while funded under young earth creationists or big oil?