• IonAddis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So, I'm a writer, not a researcher, but I've found the more tools I have stuffed into my brain, the more likely it is that two different things clank against each other and create something interesting.

    I don't think this is something unique to writing fiction–from my understanding of history, there's quite a few moments in science where two somewhat unrelated things bash against each other and spark a new idea.

    Sure, computers can do things we already know how to do, but actual inventors/scientists/people making stuff still need to think up things first before you can computerize it.

    It's possible that this WON'T do anything new in the realm of math, but it might create a string a researcher in a different domain–history, linguistics, whatever–can pull on to unravel something else. A diverse tool set leads to multiple ways to solve a given problem, and sometimes edge cases come up where one solution actually is better in some niche application because of something unique to the way it is shaped.

    • IndefiniteBen@leminal.space
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      1 year ago

      You're not wrong that people can take inspiration from many different fields, but wild speculation about what could happen can be done for any new development, which makes it pointless and tiring when overused.