Almost all of the stories in major newspapers are commissioned ("pitched") by interest groups that want to see that article published. It's why a lot of articles contain quotes from weirdly specific people with…
I know, I did not think for a moment that you were making such an accusation. I was referring to the other comments on HN/reddit over the past week making those accusations. Sorry if my comment came off that way.
Small. Imperfect contact, unplugged terminals, etc. These are not 1st year grad students who don't know what they are doing. The authors have decades of research and fabrication experience, and publications to back it…
I am going to attempt to address the common nitpicks in one fell swoop: 1. Rushed publication, plot quality, grammar, etc. Get over yourselves. This is a pre-print for an instant-Nobel, next-tier-of-civilization level…
Is this satire? I find it difficult to believe this can be serious. If so, this is a sad example of the "i am very smart" culture that is rampant in tech these days.
This is one of the most important points IMO that does not seem to be on people's minds. Just because you were the first person to think of making a subreddit about some topic doesn't mean you should perpetually have…
This is good research. >One thing that troubles me in the paper is that the researchers appear to have gone looking for precursor patterns in an ad hoc way, with no physical theory in mind, just trying different binning…
Just plain wrong. The postulates of Quantum Mechanics dictate that physical objects must be fundamentally spread out in the form of wave functions. Even a senior undergraduate knows that QM is not resolved with GR. To…
Popular opinion in the US regarding the integrity of various countries' coronavirus reporting is hilarious. Whatever China says must ALWAYS be a lie, on the other hand, the US numbers are not "suppressed," it's just…
It's true. What's the point you're having trouble with?
Oh please. You think saying something like “i dont understand why they keep saying this, but if it were up to me (as a mathematician not a physicist), I would be doing it this way, not that way...” is innocent? Its…
Because the r2 rule does hold, and it comes from something very fundamental about nature, the principle of least time. R2 comes directly out of the Lagrangian when you minimize the action. Its very fundamental to the…
Glad to see this at the top, agree 100%. I’m definitely going to copy some of OP’s setting and snippets, but not for real time use during a lecture. A textbook is an infinitely better reference than any notes one could…
How is gentrification negative?
I'm conflicted on this. On one hand, academic donations are always great. On the other hand, Stephen Schwarzman has a record of giving large donations in exchange for naming rights. He gave $150 million to Yale to…
That is the whole point. You're sitting on a (claimed) solution to an unsolved problem in literature. That is antagonistic to science. Publication and collaboration is literally part of the definition of doing…
Fair enough, and for personal ideologies, you are right that it doesn't matter. But I don't think it's a futile conversation to talk about the how one mindset vs another has effects at the collective scale, e.g. when it…
I'm sorry, but your response is a perfect example of exactly what I'm talking about, it almost seems scripted. "What does 'failure' even mean..." Really? Seriously? Failure means admitting and acknowledging that you…
Read the article and tell me specifically which parts of it communicate something substantive and critical that is also correct. Substantive communication of ideas or dynamics doesn't mean a thing if they are not…
...including this article, which pivots from Cernovich to Silicon Valley to politics and Trump. A far more interesting discussion would have been about the rampant neurosis of above-average (nationally speaking)…
I don't think we are in disagreement. >Don't get me wrong, analogies and novel perspectives can be invaluable learning tools. But they can never be a substitute for the fundamentals, only supplement them.
I agree with your general sentiment regarding making advanced topics accessible. But since you proof-read the article, I hope you are not suggesting that knowledge of Hadamard gates should be considered as "accessible."…
I get that these kind of posts can seem interesting to the software engineers that are predominant on HN, but these kind of articles are ultimately "popular science" articles. They only give the illusion of…
After reading parts 2 and 3, here are my thoughts. >Petty accusations were leveled at me, critiques of why I hadn’t used certain scholars, and even the very foundation of my entire dissertation was brought into…
Almost all of the stories in major newspapers are commissioned ("pitched") by interest groups that want to see that article published. It's why a lot of articles contain quotes from weirdly specific people with…
I know, I did not think for a moment that you were making such an accusation. I was referring to the other comments on HN/reddit over the past week making those accusations. Sorry if my comment came off that way.
Small. Imperfect contact, unplugged terminals, etc. These are not 1st year grad students who don't know what they are doing. The authors have decades of research and fabrication experience, and publications to back it…
I am going to attempt to address the common nitpicks in one fell swoop: 1. Rushed publication, plot quality, grammar, etc. Get over yourselves. This is a pre-print for an instant-Nobel, next-tier-of-civilization level…
Is this satire? I find it difficult to believe this can be serious. If so, this is a sad example of the "i am very smart" culture that is rampant in tech these days.
This is one of the most important points IMO that does not seem to be on people's minds. Just because you were the first person to think of making a subreddit about some topic doesn't mean you should perpetually have…
This is good research. >One thing that troubles me in the paper is that the researchers appear to have gone looking for precursor patterns in an ad hoc way, with no physical theory in mind, just trying different binning…
Just plain wrong. The postulates of Quantum Mechanics dictate that physical objects must be fundamentally spread out in the form of wave functions. Even a senior undergraduate knows that QM is not resolved with GR. To…
Popular opinion in the US regarding the integrity of various countries' coronavirus reporting is hilarious. Whatever China says must ALWAYS be a lie, on the other hand, the US numbers are not "suppressed," it's just…
It's true. What's the point you're having trouble with?
Oh please. You think saying something like “i dont understand why they keep saying this, but if it were up to me (as a mathematician not a physicist), I would be doing it this way, not that way...” is innocent? Its…
Because the r2 rule does hold, and it comes from something very fundamental about nature, the principle of least time. R2 comes directly out of the Lagrangian when you minimize the action. Its very fundamental to the…
Glad to see this at the top, agree 100%. I’m definitely going to copy some of OP’s setting and snippets, but not for real time use during a lecture. A textbook is an infinitely better reference than any notes one could…
How is gentrification negative?
I'm conflicted on this. On one hand, academic donations are always great. On the other hand, Stephen Schwarzman has a record of giving large donations in exchange for naming rights. He gave $150 million to Yale to…
That is the whole point. You're sitting on a (claimed) solution to an unsolved problem in literature. That is antagonistic to science. Publication and collaboration is literally part of the definition of doing…
Fair enough, and for personal ideologies, you are right that it doesn't matter. But I don't think it's a futile conversation to talk about the how one mindset vs another has effects at the collective scale, e.g. when it…
I'm sorry, but your response is a perfect example of exactly what I'm talking about, it almost seems scripted. "What does 'failure' even mean..." Really? Seriously? Failure means admitting and acknowledging that you…
Read the article and tell me specifically which parts of it communicate something substantive and critical that is also correct. Substantive communication of ideas or dynamics doesn't mean a thing if they are not…
...including this article, which pivots from Cernovich to Silicon Valley to politics and Trump. A far more interesting discussion would have been about the rampant neurosis of above-average (nationally speaking)…
I don't think we are in disagreement. >Don't get me wrong, analogies and novel perspectives can be invaluable learning tools. But they can never be a substitute for the fundamentals, only supplement them.
I agree with your general sentiment regarding making advanced topics accessible. But since you proof-read the article, I hope you are not suggesting that knowledge of Hadamard gates should be considered as "accessible."…
I get that these kind of posts can seem interesting to the software engineers that are predominant on HN, but these kind of articles are ultimately "popular science" articles. They only give the illusion of…
After reading parts 2 and 3, here are my thoughts. >Petty accusations were leveled at me, critiques of why I hadn’t used certain scholars, and even the very foundation of my entire dissertation was brought into…