On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:46 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:

> no (serious) physicist since newton or since maxwell has ignored their
> work.  no mathematician since newton or hilbert has ignored their
> work.  computer science seems exceptional to me in this regard;
> we have learned many things that don't work, but seldom seem to
> recall the lessons learned.
>
>
Hmm, not so sure about that. Especially in maths it took centuries for
people to get to a notation that appears to have settled into something
close to standard.

But I also think that the "acceleration of the world" means that a week in
the lab is now generally accepted to always be better that a day in the
library. No thinking allowed, just get it done.

Cynically yours,
Robby