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throwaway132448today at 9:21 AM4 repliesview on HN

Surprised it’s not called Wolfrology. This man is ego personified - not reading.


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andyjohnson0today at 10:56 AM

> not reading

Respectfully, I think that is a mistake.

Yes, he frequently exhibits an ego the size of Jupiter. But he is very smart†, and he writes well, and this stuff that theyre doing is at least interesting. I don't know if its physics or metaphysics or something else entirely, and it may be just empty tail-chasing, but I reckon its at least worth paying some attention to.

† and he's also built a long-term business making and selling extremely capable maths tooling, of all things, which I think is worth some respect

globalnodetoday at 12:35 PM

yeah i get the emotional push back but putting that aside, he still seems fairly well accomplished, more-so than me by a long shot and at least he is throwing nerdy ideas out there we can think about or discuss.

iniminotoday at 11:41 AM

And you thought your decision to not1 read the article was worth sharing why?

At least Wolfram's ego led him to contribute something interesting.

ahartmetztoday at 9:46 AM

If you want other people to name something after you, you have to give it a name they have reason to replace.