Breakthroughs Are Downstream of Engineering Constraints, to Pure Scientists' Frustration
generativist · x · 2026-09-09
The author quips that nothing frustrates 'purity bro' scientists more than how often breakthroughs are downstream of engineering constraints — when asked what hypothesis led them there, the honest answer is often 'computers go slow' rather than elegant theory.
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