The Comment Club

Much like Newton, Einstein brilliance sprung forth in a single burst of creativity. In 1905, now known as his miracle year, the unknown patent clerk unleashed 4 papers of major significance and two of those ideas changed the course of science.

Wed Nov 30 2022 02:57:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

23 year-old Isaac Newton returned having filled notebooks with the ideas that would eventually be published as Principia Mathematica.  In it, he laid out the principles of his laws of motion, gravity and calculus.  In two short years, he laid out the basic structures which formed the basis for modern science and engineering.

Wed Nov 23 2022 02:12:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Many people think that Darwin came up with the idea of evolution, which he didn’t. What he really did was formulate a simple algorithmic process that explains an amazing array of natural phenomena.

Thu Nov 03 2022 06:11:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

It’s a seemingly small idea that has enormous consequences.  It means that every logical system will fail and every computer program  will crash, it’s just a matter of time.

Thu Nov 03 2022 06:04:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

What gives logic so much power is the simple concept that we can judge the validity of statements by their structure alone, even when stripped of their content.  If you follow the rules of logic, every statement you make will be valid (i.e. internally consistent).

Thu Nov 03 2022 04:45:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)