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[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Fuck, I really hate to agree with Elon on anything, but that is a ridiculous argument. LeCun must also really believe that trees only fall in the woods when someone is around to see it happen.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Science is strictly a social activity. You can’t have a social activity without the social component.

Again, fact-finding is not the same as science.

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Also how transparently published and reproduced was Pfizer's vaccine trials, considering a judge had to force the contents released, yet it was science right away. You can't have cake and eat too.

[–] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Science is just the process of testing things in the world in a reproducible way.

LeCun’s argument is good career advice (you only get credit for what others know you did), but it’s not factual correct.