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Monday, August 1, 2022

Quote Of The Day

A wise person (I think it was @AlbrechtPhysics) once told me: the first important bar that a successful theory passes is the ‘ego’ test: you hear an enthusiastic talk on the theory and it is not given by one of its inventors.

From here

2 comments:

  1. I think that should include it's top tier supporters/cheerleaders/devotees, who are often as enthusiastic as the theorist.

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  2. idk. Merely having top tier supporters/cheerleaders/devotees rather than merely being a lone wolf, is itself an accomplishment. Going beyond that is another threshold still to being truly "establishment".

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