JD Pressman: relativity could've been formulated much earlier — Einstein got lucky
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-14
AI researcher JD Pressman discussed on X the timing of scientific discovery: many throughout history believed the universe was built on a rational, coherent plan. Citing Yudkowsky's argument in The Sequences that Einstein implies correct theories could be formulated earlier than expected, Pressman argues he simply got lucky — relativity fits that rational-plan shape, while quantum mechanics does not.
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