[FDE] Commentary on "Is Science Near Its Limits?" Conference

[Crispin Cowan]

Ali, Saqib wrote:
> A rather interesting Blog post by Dr. Peter Woit of Columbia on the
> recent "Is Science Near Its Limits?" Conference.
> http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=615
>   
LOL! I am reminded of the serious scholarly paper claiming that the 64KB
DRAM chip was at the maximum possible density for the technology. Not
learning from his mistake, the same author published another paper the
next year saying that the 256KB DRAM chip was really the limit. This
time for sure! :) Then he learned something and stopped.

Predicting the end of any technology has always been a very risky
proposition, and almost always wrong. Predicting the end of science
itself strikes me as absurd.

Crispin

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