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