Monday, 26 July 2010

You Don't Understand "Ordinary People"

Unhappy at being treated "increasingly badly" at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1985 26-year-old computer scientist Stephen Wolfram looked to ex-colleague and physics Nobelist Richard Feynman for advice. Feynman's honest, humorous, and less than encouraging response can be read at http://tinyurl.com/233fcgh


"Find a way to do your research with as little contact with non-technical people as possible, with one exception, fall madly in love! That is my advice, my friend."

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