PS for those wondering if they should read a review of an obscure book, the review morphs into a discussion of innovation: "What differentiates a complacent society from an innovative society? If chance favors the prepared mind, what is the nature of this mental preparation?"
Very interesting gwern review of Review of (book you have never heard of) Like Engend’ring Like, Russell, 1986 https://www.gwern.net/Book-reviews#review-of-like-engendring-like-russell-1986 … https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7350588-like-engend-ring-like?ac=1&from_search=true …pic.twitter.com/NOuUa6iklr
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"...the Velvet Underground model of innovation..."
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"we need to believe the Great Man theory of history and would have to invent them if they did not exist."
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That bit about 'eating the best, breeding from/planting the rest' makes you really wonder how agriculture survived?
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Richard Dawkins relates this story about his dad in The Ancestor's Talepic.twitter.com/N6PUVFiljr
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when I started a PhD in genetics, I learned why mice are a fav subject of research: when genetics got going in the early 20th century, the Victorians were, as a popular hobby, breeding all sorts of mice strains
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