tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post1811916031439740547..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Is Kim Davis also against Nonconstrutive proofs?Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-64796027363417860242015-10-07T12:54:15.528-05:002015-10-07T12:54:15.528-05:00A new scientific truth does not triumph by convinc...A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. <br />— Max Planck<br />Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, trans. F. Gaynor (1950), 33. CSProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212822875614144307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-80677726075672349732015-10-05T18:07:50.182-05:002015-10-05T18:07:50.182-05:00GASARCH wonders "When does a math technique o...<b>GASARCH</b> wonders "When does a math technique or a social attitude cross a threshold where it's no longer controversial? Or no longer novel? How can you tell? Is it sudden or gradual?"<br />--------<br />That's one of <i>Computational Complexity's</i> easiest questions: transformational mathematical, social, and moral thresholds are always crossed <i>suddenly</i>, and this crossing is always heralded by a trusted authority figure, such as <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOTVIKd800" rel="nofollow">Captain Jean-Luc Picard</a>,</b> or <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmcdkb2CcdE" rel="nofollow">Gandalf the Grey</a></b>, or <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB_kNC6Ygi8" rel="nofollow">Boromir of Gondor</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>Picards's embrace</b> "It [<i>Waiting for Godot</i>] was especially ahead of its time in its <i>humor</i> … we've since learned not to be <i>afraid</i> of something that seems a little paradoxical and abstract."<br /><br /><b>Gandalf's vision</b> "Is there a plot? No! It's life … that's what you're looking at."<br /><br /><b>Boromir's choice</b> "Choose the lesser risk of losing six people, over the greater risk of losing one." <br /><br />Commonplace ideas now, but revolutionary in their time!John Sidleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16286860374431298556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-65602467227347255602015-10-05T17:46:25.819-05:002015-10-05T17:46:25.819-05:00Herman Chernoff used to use the example of Taylor ...Herman Chernoff used to use the example of Taylor series. You wouldn't cite Taylor (1715) or whatever.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142687932911899478noreply@blogger.com