• @[email protected]
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    488 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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      228 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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      188 months ago

      I know, buddy… I know.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      178 months ago

      Phychohistory is feasible, we just need to scale up!