← Back to context Comment by thcsa 9 years ago Comparing Kahnemann's work with Newton's is absurd. 5 comments thcsa Reply Rexxar 9 years ago Indeed, stopping to rank everything on absurd scales would be a great intellectual achievement for humanity. sddfd 9 years ago That's what I thought browsing the comments.As a scientist, it is important to attribute ideas to the people that put them forward.But the essence of science is about the preservation, dissemination, and most importantly researching knowledge.Whenever the topic of attribution comes up, it seems to quickly escalate from giving due credit to sciences politics. ricraz 9 years ago On Kahnemann in particular, I was quite influenced by this series of tributes to him: https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_kahneman-on-kahnema... gaius 9 years ago There are several items in the list that seem glaringly out of place ricraz 9 years ago Which ones? Note that an item being on the list doesn't mean it's a comparable achievement to all others on the list, just that it's above an implicit and slightly vague threshold.
Rexxar 9 years ago Indeed, stopping to rank everything on absurd scales would be a great intellectual achievement for humanity. sddfd 9 years ago That's what I thought browsing the comments.As a scientist, it is important to attribute ideas to the people that put them forward.But the essence of science is about the preservation, dissemination, and most importantly researching knowledge.Whenever the topic of attribution comes up, it seems to quickly escalate from giving due credit to sciences politics.
sddfd 9 years ago That's what I thought browsing the comments.As a scientist, it is important to attribute ideas to the people that put them forward.But the essence of science is about the preservation, dissemination, and most importantly researching knowledge.Whenever the topic of attribution comes up, it seems to quickly escalate from giving due credit to sciences politics.
ricraz 9 years ago On Kahnemann in particular, I was quite influenced by this series of tributes to him: https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_kahneman-on-kahnema...
gaius 9 years ago There are several items in the list that seem glaringly out of place ricraz 9 years ago Which ones? Note that an item being on the list doesn't mean it's a comparable achievement to all others on the list, just that it's above an implicit and slightly vague threshold.
ricraz 9 years ago Which ones? Note that an item being on the list doesn't mean it's a comparable achievement to all others on the list, just that it's above an implicit and slightly vague threshold.
Indeed, stopping to rank everything on absurd scales would be a great intellectual achievement for humanity.
That's what I thought browsing the comments.
As a scientist, it is important to attribute ideas to the people that put them forward.
But the essence of science is about the preservation, dissemination, and most importantly researching knowledge.
Whenever the topic of attribution comes up, it seems to quickly escalate from giving due credit to sciences politics.
On Kahnemann in particular, I was quite influenced by this series of tributes to him: https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_kahneman-on-kahnema...
There are several items in the list that seem glaringly out of place
Which ones? Note that an item being on the list doesn't mean it's a comparable achievement to all others on the list, just that it's above an implicit and slightly vague threshold.