Now put this into contrast with how science is typically done. There is one original description. Everyone is supposed to reference it. And you don’t get any points for writing the same thing using different words.
Compare: Chris Olah and Shan Carter on Research Debt.
What an Omega-send. Added to my morning reading list.
Mostly, yes. Feynman gets a lot of credit for making QED comprehensible, even though he didn’t make it in the first place.
Now put this into contrast with how science is typically done. There is one original description. Everyone is supposed to reference it. And you don’t get any points for writing the same thing using different words.
Compare: Chris Olah and Shan Carter on Research Debt.
What an Omega-send. Added to my morning reading list.
Mostly, yes. Feynman gets a lot of credit for making QED comprehensible, even though he didn’t make it in the first place.