In the thread Brian raises the important question of why physics has stagnated while mathematics has advanced. This is particularly strange given how cross-fertilized the fields once were.
Thoughts?
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Replying to @SamoBurja @rivatez and
Math & physics are cross-fertilized, but the latter requires experiment, which has experienced diminishing returns. Compare, e.g., Wilhelm Röntgen’s X-ray apparatus, which fit on a desktop, to the dual interferometers (with 4 km arms) of the LIGO project.pic.twitter.com/qoKVmINXzt
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Replying to @mhartl @SamoBurja and
I would add that 'experimental' mathematics has become vastly easier; eg the dynamical systems boom of the 80s-90s was enabled by cheap desktop exploration of model systems.
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