From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 18:13:05 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> While some people seem amazed at Wolfram's new book promoting a new kind
> of science, some scientists don't see anything new in the book. They
> say that it is a collection of current ideas already being investigated
> by mainstream science. They claim that by remaining a recluse and
> working on his manifesto in solitude, Wolfram has been out of the loop
> of mainstream science. They say he has reinvented the wheel and is
> proposing theories that mainstream science has already proposed.
>
> (Has anybody looked at Wolfram's book yet?)
No, but I read the review in Wired this month. I don't think he's trying
to propose that the science is new, but that nobody has used it all in a
'big picture' montage to explain the universe.
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