They come up with a clever idea that they can’t tell how it fails. So it seems amazing...And intuitively it really really feels like it should work. You can’t see any flaw.
I do think this is an important aspect. Turing award winner Tony Hoare once said,
There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors.
and I think there’s a similar dynamic when people try to develop scientific theories.
I do think this is an important aspect. Turing award winner Tony Hoare once said,
and I think there’s a similar dynamic when people try to develop scientific theories.