tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post4118154940904236771..comments2024-03-28T03:38:53.734-07:00Comments on MacroMania: How old were the inventors of major inventions? David Andolfattohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138572028306561024noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-88475942546335485152016-04-15T21:38:01.258-07:002016-04-15T21:38:01.258-07:00I invented artificial intelligence at the Christ-l...I invented <a href="http://ai.neocities.org/P6AI_FAQ.html" rel="nofollow"><b>artificial intelligence</b></a> at the Christ-like age of thirty-three (33), but it was in <a href="http://mind.sourceforge.net/theory5.html" rel="nofollow"><b>theory</b></a> only and it has taken me many additional years to implement <a href="http://wiki.opencog.org/wikihome/index.php/Ghost" rel="nofollow"><b>Strong AI</b></a> in <a href="http://ai.neocities.org/perlmind.txt" rel="nofollow">software</a>.Mentifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530921525903314824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-61550525889575220452016-04-15T21:03:06.838-07:002016-04-15T21:03:06.838-07:00In your infographic, you have a portion that reads...In your infographic, you have a portion that reads, "Innovators are highly educated, especially in STEM fields." Yet the chart provides no information about the STEM portion of the statement. Could you provide some statistics on this?Prof. Aurorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-12781151526733679842016-04-15T18:06:30.220-07:002016-04-15T18:06:30.220-07:00see too Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Li...see too Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity David W. Galenson<br /><br />http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8019.htmlJim Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233668500637892711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-40835171318143117982016-04-15T08:06:05.955-07:002016-04-15T08:06:05.955-07:00Hypothesis: age to have the skills required to get...Hypothesis: age to have the skills required to get credit for a major invention is higher than age to make invention. Most are team efforts, with glory going to leader - who is typically older.fuzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632799586110325806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-45527860285247234622016-04-15T06:27:19.458-07:002016-04-15T06:27:19.458-07:00Joseph schumpeter, history of economic analysis, 1...Joseph schumpeter, history of economic analysis, 1954, reported that most great economists had their Vision before the age of 30, and my idea has been that it takes some time, that in case you get it at the age of 40, you will not have the time to get great. Apart from technicalities, there is quite some marketing to do. Look at the age of US presidents.Yopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390656124581728998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-56246321272669649602016-04-14T20:45:34.833-07:002016-04-14T20:45:34.833-07:00It's interesting to see Jones' estimates o...It's interesting to see Jones' estimates of median age at first invention rising over time. In the data above, it is declining. It would be declining even more if we normalized by life expectancy. We are working with a very small sample of major inventions, however. David Andolfattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138572028306561024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-36397252557002136952016-04-14T17:16:08.514-07:002016-04-14T17:16:08.514-07:00I rode up some of the key aspects of Ben Jones'...I rode up some of the key aspects of Ben Jones's work on the death of the Renaissance man at https://utopiayouarestandinginit.com/2015/04/18/50-more-rd-since-the-60s-but-still-no-growth-dividend/Jim Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233668500637892711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702840202604739302.post-3691524030357305562016-04-14T12:22:50.567-07:002016-04-14T12:22:50.567-07:00Ben Jones at Northwestern does a lot of good work ...Ben Jones at Northwestern does a lot of good work on this.<br />http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/jones-ben/htm/research.htmMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02484820653541870127noreply@blogger.com