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But if you teach a whole nation a powerful philosophy of science, some of them might find it useful. Vladimir A. Fock (1898-1974) reported that his engageme
by jpfr 12y ago
But if you teach a whole nation a powerful philosophy of science, some of them
might find it useful. Vladimir A. Fock (1898-1974) reported that his engagement
with the ideology enabled him to devise a new set of harmonic coordinates for
general relativity. Yakov I. Frenkel (1894-1952) developed his notion of “holes”
and “collective excitations” in condensed-matter physics through extensive
reflection on contemporary Soviet political thought.
Yeah. Right. You ever wondered why people suddenly agree with the political system they live in, when otherwise said system would send them on extra holidays in a Gulag for comitting thought-crimes?
- walterbell 12y agoAt least one Gulag scientist influenced TRIZ, which influenced Western industry, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrich_Altshuller http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrich_Altshuller
- avmich 12y agoWell, Korolev also spent some months in GULAG. But I believe the point in article was not that people in system were "suddenly" agreeing with system - rather that system's concepts lead them to some discoveries.