mogacom

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   by mogacom 4y ago

   Historical context is important to take into account with Newton. He had no idea he was doing "science" as opposed to something else. He was trying to systematically investigate the natural world in an environment largely composed
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   by mogacom 4y ago

   This is an important point. The title is implying not just correlation but causation. Often financial news articles are phrased differently to avoid this, for example using something like "amid strong US jobs report". Sounds pedan
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   by mogacom 4y ago

   I'm not intending to sound overly negative, I really hope he makes progress and think he has a chance (certainly more so than most). As someone who's been in the field for a long time though I constantly see people trivialise the
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   by mogacom 4y ago

   Carmack is clearly a brilliant guy, but it feels like he's fallen into the trap of overfitting on his previous successes and believing they generalise into other domains. No doubt his experience and innovations in computer graphics giv