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Wolframania

Posted by michael on from the making-a-splash dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The New York Times has had a couple of articles about Stephen Wolfram in the last couple of weeks. Is he self-aggrandizing or brilliant? Or both? And is God a software engineer?" I thought our reader-contributed review of ANKOS was quite good.

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  1. Praise, either way... by killthiskid · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    A quote from each article:


    Had Dr. Wolfram been more demonstrative in parceling out credit to those who share his vision (many are mentioned, in passing, in the book's copious notes), they might be lining up to provide testimonials. It's the kind of book some may wish they had written.

    Yet Wolfram has earned some bragging rights. No one has contributed more seminally to this new way of thinking about the world. Certainly no one has worked so hard to produce such a beautiful book. It's too bad that more science isn't delivered this way.

    Everywhere you look, almost everyone is saying, well, even if he is wrong, he's written a hell of a book. Which I suppose is true.



  2. Re:Whaaaa? Re:So let me get this straight. by nomadic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Good lord, now we have an egotistical little troll showing off his knowledge of paint history. Fine, I was wrong. My analogy wasn't exact (though keep in mind I said "invented", not "made"; each painter didn't reinvent the damn paint themselves). Now what about my main point? Oh, you just wanted to be pedantic? Very useful of you.

  3. Re:The Real Question by rufusdufus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    CA aren't going to replace mathematics. Stephen Wolfram is basically insane.