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danmaz74 on March 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Deciphering China’s AI Dream

I wold find surprising if Chinese people weren't creative; but what I would be curious to know is if that creativity wouldn't be stifled when it goes against the academic establishment, ie: how easy is it for a scientist to propose and pursue a novel theory that goes against the current scientific consensus - and thus, against his or her superiors' theories? Would that be a problem?

thisrod on March 19, 2018 [–]

> how easy is it for a scientist ...

This is hard everywhere. I'm not sure who said, "knowledge advances one funeral at a time," but I'm sure that it wasn't Confucius.

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