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and Principia Mathematica was just a side-project, sparked by Halley's question, that grew over 18 months.
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- doing research is not about 'betting' on a topic. Rigorous work always wins. If no Newton, discoveries would've been made anyway.
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one of Newton's riskier experiments was observing the sun in a mirror to see what it did to his eyes
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however, not sure if people at the time made any distinction between physics, alchemy and theology
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I considered publishing it that way.
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alternate title: "66.6% Chance of Failure"
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curious: have you seen startups in the alchemy or theology space applying to YC?
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this is brilliant; love it.
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Newton's evidence we should be open to projects that seem as weird now as alchemy seemed then (not "...as alchemy seems now"), right?
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right - I thought alchemy wasn't considered weird then *at all*
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