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History of Science and Technology Q&A (June 4, 2025) »
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Do you know anything about the history of vaccines? When was the first vaccine developed and for what?
Isn't some important part of how vaccines were discovered completely lost to history?
When was the crucial importance of epigenetics discovered or realized?
What have been your interactions with early-day or notable biotech people & companies (Genentech etc.) and interplay between your own projects/techs and their development if any?
I had no idea Alan Turing was the progenitor of morphogenesis!
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Is there much history on scientists (well known or not) starting companies?
If Leibniz was around today, where do you think he would be working, what would he be doing if he was not in academia?
Any interesting suggestions for history to research?
What's the history of walking meetings? Were there notable practitioners before you?
Was the first GUI+mouse+keyboard predictable beforehand or was it a surprise at the time?
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History of Science and Technology Q&A (March 5, 2025) »
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What is the history of game theory? What are some successful and less successful applications of this theory? Can you speak about John Nash's work? Did that have any influence on your automata work?
I wonder if that code by Nash exists anywhere? It would be interesting to read.
Do you view the world as being governed by randomness or order?
Would you ever write a book intended to explain the history of the ruliad/Physics Project?
Have you studied the history of cognitive neurological abilities of scientists throughout the ages, things like long-term memory, imagination, creativity...?
Do scientists invent tools first and then look for a problem to use them on, or do they find a problem first and then invent the tool to crack it?
What is your favorite "age" of science?
How did early mechanical computers like the Babbage Engine influence modern computing?
Do you think Ada would have had more success in science and math today than she did when she was alive?
Would you say you research more of the history of people or history of their projects/research? Which do you find more useful?
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