@drossbucket BY THE WAY I have a new theory of the bat and ball. Last thing you want to hear about I know
And also repeatedly discovering that fields I studied 30 years ago, that were making good progress, were simply abandoned afaict. Not due to intrinsic difficulty, but because fashions changed, afaict.
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It seems like in a lot of fields, the direction is set by a handful of highly creative, productive people who set the research program, and then there’s a few hundred followers who do the grunt work. When for whatever reason the 1-6 leaders stop functioning, the field does too.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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