> Apple so easily could have gone the way of SGI, the way of Sun. Instead, it literally shapes the future of the industry. All because in 1997 Steve was able to offer a simple and compelling reason for Apple to exist. A purpose. And it’s a purpose that managed to aggregate some of the most talented people in the world to do some of their best work. Again and again.
If they want some "People on the fringe of science" to be quoted as "opponents of their work", they should try saying that the existence of a diamond planet 4000 light years away from the earth is a proof that God did not create the universe or some such.
But to me, it does not seem a well-thought blog. Who says a "scientific-method" that works for identifying the structure of a planet 4K light years away would also work for climate on earth?
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>It is _exactly_ the same. The battlefield is over the opinions held in people's hearts and minds. Once a viewpoint owns a man, it doesn't matter whether that purchase was made with cash, with returned loyalty........
> I now have eternal admiration for scenes comprised of as few cuts as possible
Andrey Tarkovsky's films are awesome that way. A part of brain will keep track of the length - perhaps the same way as a music aficionado keeps track of the the current note and the starting note of a melody (or the way jvm keeps track of a stack trace).
Perhaps you might like to look at a seemingly well-informed critique[0] of the book
[0] http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/CriticalZen/The_Myth_of_...