Science is being commoditized. Industrialized discovery > novel insight. That's why "science the shit out of this" line works in The Martian
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I've forgotten arguments in Chandrashekhar's book, but I remember being impressed by them 20 years ago. http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Beauty-Aesthetics-Motivations-Science/dp/0226100871 …
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@vgr Deepness in the Sky is awesome, introduced me to the idea of what is now Amazon Mechanical Turk & its ilk. Ahead of it's time!
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@vgr Feel like random forests are the poster child for this idea, and computer-assisted proofs were the writing on the wall. -
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@vgr theories have to be 'beautiful' to fit in your head and/or on a blackboard.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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