Re Is Science Hitting a Wall?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rodney Van Meter <rdv () sfc wide ad jp>
> Date: April 8, 2018 at 8:02:40 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> Cc: Rodney Van Meter <rdv () sfc wide ad jp>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Is Science Hitting a Wall?
>
> Yes, it links back to a message of mine you forwarded to IP five years ago, on the same topic by the same guys.
>
> > On Apr 8, 2018, at 8:27 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 8, 2018, at 5:19 AM, Rodney Van Meter <rdv () sfc wide ad jp> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dave,
> > >
> > > We do this one once every five years or so:
> > >
> > > http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/2013/01/sort/time_rev/page/5/entry/15:205/20130116162245:DD0F4FB2-6022-11E2-B117-CAF0D64CF483/
> > >
> > > These guys mix patents and applied science with pure science, which I think gives them the ability to cherry pick 
> > > data, among other shortcomings.
> > >
> > > It’s certainly the case that as we add knowledge to our total, the path each student must trudge from the starting 
> > > point grows longer. Thus, our ability to innovate before the age of, say, thirty, depends on our ability to educate 
> > > students and bring them to the frontier — at least some point on it — in less than thirty years. Therefore, we are 
> > > very dependent on innovation in education — and the Internet combined with advances in psychology have only just 
> > > begun revolutionizing everything.
> > >
> > > For little-s science as well as Big Science, we are also dependent on our ability to work in teams, and that’s 
> > > where the Internet has only just begun revolutionizing everything.
> > >
> > > Finally, how we do science is changing — AIs and automated experimental equipment combined with supercomputinghave 
> > > just begun revolutionizing everything.
> > >
> > > Have I mentioned that I think technology will revolutionize the way we work?
> > >
> > > Of course, it’s easy to be a wild-eyed optimist with no grounding in fact, so I want to be cautious about this. But 
> > > in fact I think the economists who did this work are starting from a position of contrarianism, perhaps even 
> > > pessimism, and are in search of data to support that.
> > >
> > >             —Rod
> > >
> > > This message was sent to the list address and trashed, but can be found online.



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