TimS comments on Intellectual insularity and productivity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 11 June 2012 08:59:46PM 1 point [-]

The fact that the sequence you are referring to is known as the "Quantum Mechanics" sequence is evidence of the failure of that sequence to achieve its goal.

Comment author: David_Gerard 12 June 2012 05:18:19PM 1 point [-]

is known as the "Quantum Mechanics" sequence

It was called that by its author, wasn't it?

Comment author: TimS 12 June 2012 07:06:30PM *  2 points [-]

If I write a book with the primary goal of teaching calculus, then spend 2/3 of the book arguing that Leibniz invented calculus before Newton, I'm likely to fail at teaching calculus.

If I title the book, "Leibniz was Right," I'm just compounding the error, right?