Mostly agree, but also caution about being too confident in one’s skepticism. Almost all innovation is stupid until it works, and it’s VERY hard to know in advance which problems end up being solvable or what new applications come up when something is stupid for it’s obvious purpose but a good fit for something else.
I honestly don’t know which direction this should move your opinion of Hyundai’s research agenda. Even if (as seems likely), it’s not useful in car manufacturing, it may be useful elsewhere, and the project and measurement mechanisms may teach them/us something about the range of problems to address in drivetrain design.
I know that’s a common saying, but I don’t think I agree. Were smaller transistors a stupid idea until they worked? And then, there are some “good ideas” that were in a sense still “stupid” for a while after they started working, like some impractical early rocket weapons.
I honestly don’t know which direction this should move your opinion of Hyundai’s research agenda.
I don’t think it should affect your opinion of “Hyundai’s research agenda” much at all. This is just normal.
Mostly agree, but also caution about being too confident in one’s skepticism. Almost all innovation is stupid until it works, and it’s VERY hard to know in advance which problems end up being solvable or what new applications come up when something is stupid for it’s obvious purpose but a good fit for something else.
I honestly don’t know which direction this should move your opinion of Hyundai’s research agenda. Even if (as seems likely), it’s not useful in car manufacturing, it may be useful elsewhere, and the project and measurement mechanisms may teach them/us something about the range of problems to address in drivetrain design.
I know that’s a common saying, but I don’t think I agree. Were smaller transistors a stupid idea until they worked? And then, there are some “good ideas” that were in a sense still “stupid” for a while after they started working, like some impractical early rocket weapons.
I don’t think it should affect your opinion of “Hyundai’s research agenda” much at all. This is just normal.