Tech Billionaire Milner Aims to Accelerate Progress by Bankrolling Science

Posted by olalonde on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @09:10PM
from the singularityhub.com dept.

http://singularityhub.com/2012/08/29/tech-billionaire-milner-aims-to-accelerate-progress-by-bankrolling-science/

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Re:Tech Billionaire Milner Aims to Accelerate Progress by Ba... by jostmey on Thursday August 30, 2012 @12:08AM (#4452907)

That's great, except the research he is funding is pointless. String theory is not science, as there is no way to prove it. It is an overly complicate mess of mumbo-jumbo that lacks the elegance of other theories in physics such as relativity and electromagnetism.

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Re:Tech Billionaire Milner Aims to Accelerate Progress by Ba... by googoobaby on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @09:27PM (#4452404)

What's next? The Putin Fund for the Promotion of Punk Rock?

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