> It's as if a physics student tries to derive medicine "from first principles" by starting at atoms and thinking hard. It doesn't work and won't fix your appen

> It's as if a physics student tries to derive medicine "from first principles" by starting at atoms and thinking hard. It doesn't work and won't fix your appendix. An entire civilization (China) completely missed having a proper scientific awakening and the following industrial revolution about a 1000 year ago exactly because of that kind of dumb thinking. Great idea!