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Computer science, I wish to believe, still has doors awaiting exploration.

There was a time where you could grab a walking stick, a cloak, and a pack and go see things no other human has ever recorded seeing; and then that exploration was done and we needed boats or whatever vehicle to get there. Then the boats had to get bigger, and had to be powered by wind rather than oar, then we had to go down, into the depths of the oceans, or up into the vastness of space. We still haven’t explored all of the ocean, seen everything this world has to see.

with each new horizon, there is a new place to explore. a new richness to discover.

This is true, also, of computer science; and all sorts of other frontiers.

I’m not trying to disuade the OP or anyone else. Even if they’re never even close to successful; it’s their time to spend. if they enjoy the work; then by all means. It’s more of a warning… it’s not the kind of thing that’s going to be a weekend project. (“There be dragons,”)

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TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Reminds me of something a coworker once told me. If you had a time machine and went back to the year 1825, there would be an absurd amount of basic chemistry you could discover. Some of it doesn’t even require any fancy equipment, but if you had a proper lab at your disposal, you could become famous in no time.

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- FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  They’d probably burn you alive for Devil worship or something.
  
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  - TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Don’t introduce anything too radical, so no tunneling electron microscopes just yet. However, you should be able to use empirical science to debunk BS ideas and move things along that way.
    
    For example, the phlogiston idea was proven wrong in the 1770s when people started burning metals and realized their mass increased in the process. Also, certain compounds can release oxygen, which can maintain a flame in an otherwise empty container. Sounds simple to us now, but back in those days, it was revolutionary.
    
    The idea is that, you have to work within the framework available at the time.
    
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    FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    However, you should be able to use empirical science to debunk BS ideas and move things along that way.
    
    And that’s what gets them breaking out the pitchforks and torches.
    
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