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Wolfram Needs To Calm Down A Little Bit

Submitted by samkaplan on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 2:40pm.

I think the reason "A New Kind Of Science" is 1200+ pages is because Wolfram seems to be unable to describe his so-called "simple" systems in a few "simple" sentences. I mean, the whole first chapter was a little bit pointless. It could have been about two pages.

It only hurts his credibility to keep talking about how revolutionary he is. Just tell us what you think and get on with it.

On the other hand, he certainly has a right to be arrogant, considering his academic history. But that doesn't make it any less annoying to read.

And so far, he's spent more time writing about how great his book is than actually explaining anything.

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