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Comment author: username2 18 December 2015 12:16:22PM *  2 points [-]

How do you even differentiate between the biggest achievements and the most overhyped achievements? Wouldn't such things only be clear in hindsight? Wouldn't we have a better understanding what were the biggest scientific achievements of, say, 2005 or 1995 rather than 2015?

Comment author: Elo 20 December 2015 11:40:52PM *  0 points [-]

How do you even differentiate between the biggest achievements and the most overhyped achievements?

badly.

Wouldn't such things only be clear in hindsight?

yes

Wouldn't we have a better understanding what were the biggest scientific achievements of, say, 2005 or 1995 rather than 2015?

yes

Wouldn't we have a better understanding what were the biggest scientific achievements of, say, 2005 or 1995 rather than 2015?

yes

yes. But it's better to write the list; celebrate what we can recall and remember as over-hyped and enjoy ourselves than to just not do it for the reasons you suggest.

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