So I will admit that I was one of the weirdos who read all of A New Kind of Science. Wolfram is still at it, and this time he has created a new kind of computational tool for the internet. Not like Google, but more important, according to this piece. A different way of "curating" information. Coming in May 2009.
Posted by binky at March 16, 2009 10:38 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Geekery | ScienceHow freaking cool is that! (I know, could I get more technical?) I'd never heard of Stephen Wolfram before. Sounds like it was about time I should have.
I do love the work of Walt Wolfram (no known relation) who is the father of the study of Appalachian English and an all-around nice genius. The nice geniuses (or would that be geni) far outrock the evil ones.
Posted by: Buzzardbilly at March 17, 2009 07:22 AM | PERMALINKThe problem is that I always think of this. But yes, he thinks big. The buzz around "New Kind of Science" was really something. Of course, it was well nigh on unreadable, but I admire the ambition.
Posted by: binky at March 17, 2009 07:51 PM | PERMALINK