.@paulg "Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order." - Sydney Brenner
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@paulg "Science explains the world that is. Engineering creates the world that has never been." Sadly, most academic engnrs are scientists. - 1 more reply
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@paulg It's fascinating, and I'd say wholly applicable to medicine as well. Discovery of anesthetics and neuroscience come to mind.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg The technology evolved by applying the scientific method. The underlying theory maybe had to wait clarification and definition.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg@johndurant Nassim Taleb has been talking about this forever. -
@i_contemplate_@paulg@johndurant yes,@nntaleb has been saying this for years.
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@paulg@johndurant sums up the story of Semmelweis perfectly!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Like airplanes before aerodynamicsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Adam Smith got his friend James Watt the job that started it off. Smith still didn't predict the IR thoughThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg do you mind giving a few examples?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg makes sense, you need things to happen to find the concept that explains it. No one talks about the doers leading the seers though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg and that new technology was used to make old things marginally more efficient for many years before the same tech changed everything.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg: One of the biggest things people don’t realize about the Industrial Revolution is the degree to which technology preceded scienceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg@Real_Dr_Roy Reverse engineering!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg@JimmyLevendia Accuracy/specificity necessary to do applied science demands the most refined of instruments to do the measuring? :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg true, but in genetics and ai I believe technology is still light years behind given the complexity of the domains mentioned.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Book recommendations pleaseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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