Dark Knowledge
Posted in Godel incompleteness, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Turing uncomputability, epistemology on 11 August 2007 | No Comments »
The Ph.D. ritual concerns itself with the production (how 19th century) of new knowledge. “How will your research contribute to the field?” “What is the new knowledge you have unearthed?” The old saw about the Ph.D.—knowing more and more about less and less—is still enforced. “Narrow your focus!” How much [...]
