Yes, we should be optimistic and keep trying for stepping stones. The possibility is that one of the stepping stones may lead us to completely new arena with low hanging fruits.
Thank you for your insights. The fractal analogy is apt. Since the capacity for problem solving is proportional to the conceptual degrees of freedom available, roughly the log of the number of the new ideas, the more ideas there are, the more ways there are to solve them, and more ideas throws up new problems.
I find it irritating that all the materials necessary to make an anti-gravity machine are probably at my local hardware store. How many years are we away from such an invention?
Yes, we should be optimistic and keep trying for stepping stones. The possibility is that one of the stepping stones may lead us to completely new arena with low hanging fruits.
Thank you for your insights. The fractal analogy is apt. Since the capacity for problem solving is proportional to the conceptual degrees of freedom available, roughly the log of the number of the new ideas, the more ideas there are, the more ways there are to solve them, and more ideas throws up new problems.
I find it irritating that all the materials necessary to make an anti-gravity machine are probably at my local hardware store. How many years are we away from such an invention?