Surprised it’s not called Wolfrology. This man is ego personified - not reading.

andyjohnson0 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> not reading

Respectfully, I think that is a mistake.

Yes, he frequently exhibits an ego the size of Jupiter. But he is very smart†, and he writes well, and this stuff that theyre doing is at least interesting. I don't know if its physics or metaphysics or something else entirely, and it may be just empty tail-chasing, but I reckon its at least worth paying some attention to.

† and he's also built a long-term business making and selling extremely capable maths tooling, of all things, which I think is worth some respect

	▲	throwaway132448 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair enough. However I feel that there are plenty of others we could give our finite attention to, from who we would derive as much or more benefit from. So that’s what I’ll do, with no net loss for me.

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inimino 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And you thought your decision to not1 read the article was worth sharing why?

At least Wolfram's ego led him to contribute something interesting.

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throwaway132448 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s called “being the change you want to see”. I want to see less ego, so I’m telling those who are the opposite that it has downsides.

	▲	inimino 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		FYI, "be the change you want to see" is approximately the golden rule "do unto others". If you want less ego in the world, demonstrate it yourself. It does not mean "complain about how other people act".

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ahartmetz 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you want other people to name something after you, you have to give it a name they have reason to replace.

	▲	JadeNB 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe that Banach called the spaces now named after him "spaces of type B," presumably to make a stab at modesty.

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lupire 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wolframology is the study of Stephen Wolfram.

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globalnode 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yeah i get the emotional push back but putting that aside, he still seems fairly well accomplished, more-so than me by a long shot and at least he is throwing nerdy ideas out there we can think about or discuss.

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api 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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