Bringing computer science and natural sciences together
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I want to throw this one out there even though it's nothing new (inspired by the way of discovery of E8). We as computer programmers hold in our hands the most powerful computational tool in the universe. Combining this tool with the knowledge and experiments of the natural sciences great advances are done, and can be done in expanding human knowledge. By the way, i bet that 99% of the coding is used towards empowering business and everyday tasks. I've noticed that there is a lot of physicists with some great ideas, but with a lack of coding knowledge to put them into reality. This is where we should jump in. Maybe we are not engaged enough in offering our services non-profit as we should be. Same counts for them. Maybe they are not asking strongly enough for our services either. From my experience (I've worked with some older physicist) this is the case. I am planning to offer my knowledge and experience and time to the Physics Institute near by. Maybe you should too. :) This way I feel as I might have left something useful to this world :)
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I want to throw this one out there even though it's nothing new (inspired by the way of discovery of E8). We as computer programmers hold in our hands the most powerful computational tool in the universe. Combining this tool with the knowledge and experiments of the natural sciences great advances are done, and can be done in expanding human knowledge. By the way, i bet that 99% of the coding is used towards empowering business and everyday tasks. I've noticed that there is a lot of physicists with some great ideas, but with a lack of coding knowledge to put them into reality. This is where we should jump in. Maybe we are not engaged enough in offering our services non-profit as we should be. Same counts for them. Maybe they are not asking strongly enough for our services either. From my experience (I've worked with some older physicist) this is the case. I am planning to offer my knowledge and experience and time to the Physics Institute near by. Maybe you should too. :) This way I feel as I might have left something useful to this world :)
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I want to throw this one out there even though it's nothing new (inspired by the way of discovery of E8). We as computer programmers hold in our hands the most powerful computational tool in the universe. Combining this tool with the knowledge and experiments of the natural sciences great advances are done, and can be done in expanding human knowledge. By the way, i bet that 99% of the coding is used towards empowering business and everyday tasks. I've noticed that there is a lot of physicists with some great ideas, but with a lack of coding knowledge to put them into reality. This is where we should jump in. Maybe we are not engaged enough in offering our services non-profit as we should be. Same counts for them. Maybe they are not asking strongly enough for our services either. From my experience (I've worked with some older physicist) this is the case. I am planning to offer my knowledge and experience and time to the Physics Institute near by. Maybe you should too. :) This way I feel as I might have left something useful to this world :)
nardev82 wrote:
I've noticed that there is a lot of physicists with some great ideas, but with a lack of coding knowledge to put them into reality. This is where we should jump in.
I hate to burst your bubble, but there are people who do this. Generally they meet a lot of resistance. Change is not something that is accepted readily, or happily. Sometimes it is, because the expert on the other side has a light-bulb moment and goes, "oh yeah, you are right! wow, I never thought of that!" But such acceptance is 100% completely reliant upon the expert on the "other" side. If it is not obvious, or in any way requires extended thought, then it will receive severe rebuttals and denials from the other side. Change then grinds to halt and inches forward one at a time as you sway experts to your side. You must become very skilled at debate and even better at math than the experts. That is very hard. Once in a while something slides through easily but only because the experts realized it right away as true. This is rarely the case, even in situatons where the result is eventual acceptance of the new idea a dozen years down the line. It doesn't matter if you are teaching someone about computers, or getting ideas yourself in the long run. Change meets resistance of equal and opposing force. Unless you can teach everyone, everywhere, equally, acceptance of change is difficult. And when was the last time you attempted to teach everyone, everywhere, equally well?
nardev82 wrote:
in offering our services non-profit as we should be
Can you afford to offer your services for free for many years, decades?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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nardev82 wrote:
I've noticed that there is a lot of physicists with some great ideas, but with a lack of coding knowledge to put them into reality. This is where we should jump in.
I hate to burst your bubble, but there are people who do this. Generally they meet a lot of resistance. Change is not something that is accepted readily, or happily. Sometimes it is, because the expert on the other side has a light-bulb moment and goes, "oh yeah, you are right! wow, I never thought of that!" But such acceptance is 100% completely reliant upon the expert on the "other" side. If it is not obvious, or in any way requires extended thought, then it will receive severe rebuttals and denials from the other side. Change then grinds to halt and inches forward one at a time as you sway experts to your side. You must become very skilled at debate and even better at math than the experts. That is very hard. Once in a while something slides through easily but only because the experts realized it right away as true. This is rarely the case, even in situatons where the result is eventual acceptance of the new idea a dozen years down the line. It doesn't matter if you are teaching someone about computers, or getting ideas yourself in the long run. Change meets resistance of equal and opposing force. Unless you can teach everyone, everywhere, equally, acceptance of change is difficult. And when was the last time you attempted to teach everyone, everywhere, equally well?
nardev82 wrote:
in offering our services non-profit as we should be
Can you afford to offer your services for free for many years, decades?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
Can you afford to offer your services for free for many years, decades?
I hope so. I look at it as an ongoing project that can terminate when i terminate. I enjoy programming, and to be honest i would rather do some science programming than some business application programming. In my free time i like exploring game development. Sometimes i wonder what can i leave to this world? I guess i love knowledge, i love coding...putting together these two to make this world a smarter place is a good thing i think.