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.
I like the positive vibe in this article! The fractality argument and the quotes complaining that all important things are discovered are convincing. But still im a little bit undecided. Complaining about the end of discovery and the end of low hanging fruit isn't the same. And your argument about the access to world knowledge isn't convincing as it points mor into the "no low hanging fruit" direction that the progress in technology and access to knowledge is not leading to new discoveries. But it might be on the other side the reason for the fracturing and exploration of contradictions and cracks in established theories. Maybe you are right and we see a new wave of fundamentaly new discoveries.
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.
I like the positive vibe in this article! The fractality argument and the quotes complaining that all important things are discovered are convincing. But still im a little bit undecided. Complaining about the end of discovery and the end of low hanging fruit isn't the same. And your argument about the access to world knowledge isn't convincing as it points mor into the "no low hanging fruit" direction that the progress in technology and access to knowledge is not leading to new discoveries. But it might be on the other side the reason for the fracturing and exploration of contradictions and cracks in established theories. Maybe you are right and we see a new wave of fundamentaly new discoveries.
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?