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Hinton has become a household name, at least here in Canada. But only within recent years as his discoveries have now proven useful in capital creation. Nobody
by randomdata 2y ago
Hinton has become a household name, at least here in Canada. But only within recent years as his discoveries have now proven useful in capital creation. Nobody knew who he was in the 1980s when his discoveries were "useless".
Which stands to reason. People only think about you if you do something for them. Newton and Einstein enabled the creation of capital that changed the world, so they are remembered. The guy who discovered something amazing beside them, but that which we still haven't figured out how to use, remains unknown.
- croes 2y agoMaybe we should define household first. Are we talking about HN households or average Joe‘s
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- randomdata 2y agoAverage Canadian Joe, at least. I don't expect anyone in Zimbabwe knows who he is, just as I cannot name a single person in Zimbabwe despite being sure they too have household names. His capital enablements, while significant, haven't become world changing.
- croes 2y agoIs it because he won the Nobel Prize or more of a longer lasting fame? But I doubt people could name a winner after he’s out of the news. Maybe Canada is different.