Comments on: They were Twentysomethings with a lot of time on their hands and nothing better to do

By: Adar

Adar — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:32:11 +0000

Newton was given a sinecure from the government after his earliest research. Doesn’t seem to have done much in the years that followed.

Einstein was quite active but not with a whole lot of more of discoveries to be made [you can reasonably ask what more can you expect from one man].

Von Neumann continued to do much more research with advances throughout his whole life.

Gavin Longmuir — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 02:05:22 +0000

“We should free them from rote menial work …”

Or should we encourage their creativity by making them do massive amounts on mind-numbing rote work, say like being a patent clerk?

“give them the freedom to explore far-fetched ideas without arbitrary deadlines or time-draining obligations.”

Like, say, imposing the isolation of arbitrary unnecessary prolonged Lock Downs? Maybe China is onto something in Shanghai!

Pseudo-Chrysostom — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:15:52 +0000

In other words, Patel bemoans the loss of an open aristocracy.