• @[email protected]
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      487 months ago

      Physics teaches you can model reality with math.

      If you get really good at anything, there’s a natural temptation to use that skill outside of its proper context.

      • @[email protected]
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        227 months ago

        If you get really good at anything, there’s a natural temptation to use that skill outside of its proper context.

        Indeed! It explains a lot of the issues in many fields, today. A bunch of us computer programmers got really good at that, and now it’s still illegal to shoot us for it (for now). /s (mostly…)

      • @hansl
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        187 months ago

        I know, buddy… I know.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        177 months ago

        Phychohistory is feasible, we just need to scale up!