https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cs_0605112/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250822urn:hackerpapers:mention:cs_0605112:250822Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:28:48 GMT<p>You are right... up to a point. History has shown us that the progression of science isn&#x27;t made by giants standing on the shoulders of giants as much as midgets standing on the toes of midgets. Newtons, Einsteins and the like don&#x27;t come along too often. And 99.9% of anything too new (as you put it) is likely also wrong. And when something too new does manage to pass through the filter and (god forbid) become fashionable we&#x27;re in serious trouble. Just take a look at String &quot;Theory&quot; decades of work by arguably some of the best brains in the world and absolutely nothing significant to show for…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cs_0605112/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DL