Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect works as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward-reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them.In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read with renewed interest as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.
Another entry.Game Changing Technologyhttps://waynehale.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/game-changing-technology/
Quote from: Hog on 07/28/2017 02:20 amAnother entry.Game Changing Technologyhttps://waynehale.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/game-changing-technology/Such a weird article. USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia was the first battle between ironclads, but the French and British navies were already operating ironclads for years at the time. Hardly a game changing invention by a "truly crazy revolutionary".
Quote from: Oli on 07/29/2017 10:16 pmQuote from: Hog on 07/28/2017 02:20 amAnother entry.Game Changing Technologyhttps://waynehale.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/game-changing-technology/Such a weird article. USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia was the first battle between ironclads, but the French and British navies were already operating ironclads for years at the time. Hardly a game changing invention by a "truly crazy revolutionary".The article is about defining what a game changing technology is, and used the example of the USS Monitor.John Ericsson’s design of the USS Monitor was innovative in the way it combined existing technologies.Of course, it was also in the right place at the right time to cause the entire world to take notice. Timing is perhaps an important element of that definition.
It was later found out that the Monitor's guns could have handled twice the powder load in the standard charge it was using. Had the captain known this and ordered double charges be loaded the shells would have had enough momentum to penetrate the Virginia's armor easily. There is a lesion there in failing to fully maximize the advantages of new game changing technology because it is not fully understood.
He now does consulting work for a number of aerospace companies. I've seen him floating around my building from time to time.
Quote from: SWGlassPit on 02/09/2018 02:28 pmHe now does consulting work for a number of aerospace companies. I've seen him floating around my building from time to time.He's part-time for Special Aerospace Services: https://specialaerospaceservices.com/
Special Aerospace Services provides engineering, safety and propulsion research expertise to its space and defense customers. The company is currently working on projects including NASA's Space Launch System (SLS).
I missed all the excitement, press, and VIPs this week but I had a satisfying time helping commercial crew efforts succeed
STS-121 and those ECO Sensors pin connectors we all won't forget in a hurry!