and an “armchair” theoretical physicist (with a pet TOE)
Publicly admitting this, while brave, results in me and probably others revising the probability of the stuff you post being useful or interesting way down. This is because you don’t understand that in physics it takes a decade or so of dedicated studying to reach the proverbial shoulders of the giants, which is necessary before you can figure out anything new. It’s the same in math, and probably in many other sciences.
If you want to ask interesting questions, let alone contribute non-trivial insights, start by familiarizing yourself with the subject matter, be it physics, cognitive sciences or AI research.
Seconded. Any time I hear someone has a pet TOE, I dramatically revise my opinion downward—it happened with Wolfram, and now it happens to you. Even the highest end physicists that I’m aware of make no such claims, other than vague statements like “I suspect X is more likely to be correct than Y.”
To be fair to Andy, having a “pet TOE” can mean something as simple as feeling one TOE is more “elegant” or whatever. It’s not necessarily the case that they are one of those guys who thinks they’ve single-handedly “solved physics.”
Publicly admitting this, while brave, results in me and probably others revising the probability of the stuff you post being useful or interesting way down. This is because you don’t understand that in physics it takes a decade or so of dedicated studying to reach the proverbial shoulders of the giants, which is necessary before you can figure out anything new. It’s the same in math, and probably in many other sciences.
If you want to ask interesting questions, let alone contribute non-trivial insights, start by familiarizing yourself with the subject matter, be it physics, cognitive sciences or AI research.
Seconded. Any time I hear someone has a pet TOE, I dramatically revise my opinion downward—it happened with Wolfram, and now it happens to you. Even the highest end physicists that I’m aware of make no such claims, other than vague statements like “I suspect X is more likely to be correct than Y.”
To be fair to Andy, having a “pet TOE” can mean something as simple as feeling one TOE is more “elegant” or whatever. It’s not necessarily the case that they are one of those guys who thinks they’ve single-handedly “solved physics.”