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19y ago
No, modern science was invented by ibn al-Haytham a thousand years ago. (Spellings vary, but include "Alhazen" and "Alhacen".) He is generally credited with inventing modern optics (along with various geometric results), but the method he
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19y ago
The essay neglects what happens to the 9 of 10 companies that don't, as far as the VCs are concerned, pan out. Closing them down means they have to give any remaining money back to the investors -- including their own fees they had already