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kalavala93 OP t1_j68b0v3 wrote

Reply to comment by BigZaddyZ3 in the rate of disuptive scientific progress is slowing down. what are some no ai ways we can overcome this? by kalavala93

As I read that you sounded like a sage.

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BigZaddyZ3 t1_j68b87e wrote

Lmao… Hopefully you meant that as compliment bro. Either way that’s how I’m gonna take this. 😂

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kalavala93 OP t1_j68ccbu wrote

I did. Some is always a compliment. One thing I read about is thr burden of knowledge is higher...like it takes more time for people to learn something but my problem with this take is I feel like good science is the ability to consolidate information..for example for us to be able to have a nuclear powered engine in an aircraft carrier we had to have a diesel engine which was born from a steam engine. I don't know anyone who makes steam engines anymore nor does someone need to learn how to make a steam engine in order to make a nuclear reactor engine. Isn't science about consolidating old science?

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BigZaddyZ3 t1_j68dk6w wrote

Yeah, I just thought you might have been being sarcastic haha.

I agree that burden of knowledge probably isn’t that big of a factor tho. I just chalk it up to there being less “unknowns” or incorrect ideas that need to be disrupted then there were in the past. It’s similar to how the rate of new “land discovery” has slowed down since the days of Christopher Columbus as well right? It’s simply because we’ve discovered most of the land on Earth and now it’s hard to come by new undiscovered areas. Exact same thing is happening with science most likely.

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