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Thesis: The creation of the arXiv has had a bigger impact on physics than any discovery made since 1990.
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I'll say the incremental advance in computational power since 1990 arguably exceeds the arXiv
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Good point! But arXiv transformed every line of inquiry, even those that don’t depend on computation.
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Although I wonder if your real point here is that physics has pretty much sucked since 1990 :-O
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haha not my point!! But you could in principle argue that.
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You mean any discovery other than Tai’s method, I assume. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/2/152 … https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/TaisMethod.pdf …
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Hahaha. I have no idea what you are talking about!
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OMG I just looked at that.
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You’re welcome? Every time I think about complaining about editorial standards, I remember this paper and realize it can be worse. A lot worse.
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There is also a discussion parthttp://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/10/1225.2 …
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Maybe AdS/CFT? (Obviously not a big impact on _every_ physicist)
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Good idea! But it might be a purely mathematical result. We don’t live in this world model.
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True. Let’s have this discussion again in 100 years
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You might have to invent immortality first!
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Dark energy vs. the arXiv
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I’ll take arXiv and even give you odds. BTW there’s a great story to write here.
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False, tater tatchos have been inspiring physicists for decades and also I heard they were the inspiration behind arxiv
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Okay that’s an attack I can’t fend off!!
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Open source software
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Or python alone maybe!
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Guido - the guiding hand of physics since 1991.
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