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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg figures there could be a formula that explains how people think. During a wide-ranging online question-and-answer session on his Facebook page Tuesday, Zuckerberg told famed physicist Stephen Hawking he would like to find that equation.
"I'm most interested in questions about people," Zuckerberg said in a written chat forum response to Hawking asking what big questions in science he would like to know the answers to. Zuckerberg responded with a list that included how the brain works and immortality.
"I'm also curious about whether there is a fundamental mathematical law underlying human social relationships that governs the balance of who and what we all care about," Zuckerberg added. "I bet there is."
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-facebook-zuckerberg-figure-social-equation.html
Will Zuckerberg be a real life Hari Seldon ? Does SN think there can be a social equation ? If yes, can that equation be formulated in a way that can cater to all (or majority) of social relationships ?
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:25PM
I agree with e_armadillo's post, basically. Zuckerberg ain't a Seldon.
But, let's keep in mind that the more the public knew of Seldon's work, the less accurate his work became. His figures pretty much only applied when the public was kept ignorant. And, just as important, Seldon's work could be borked by unique individuals, such as the Mule.
I definitely believe that Zuckerberg WANTS TO BE Hari Seldon. That young man has always seemed to have delusions of grandeur.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:25PM
+1 Fuck the Zuck!
(Score: 2, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:36PM
We all know what happens when some jackass comes up with an overly simplistic mathematical formula [scientificamerican.com] people exploit for money.
Although in this case it will be simply a gimmick to sucker the Goyim for more sheckels. Not that ZuckerJew needs any more sheckels, he has plenty of CIA Afghan heroin-trade investment money pouring in from In-Q-Tel firms all thanks to the aftermath of 9/11.
This approach with modeling how humans think will never be 100% accurate because it's a discrete approach to a continuous problem, and nobody has infinite computing resources to throw at it.
Yup. Weed, man. It opens your mind.
(Score: 4, Funny) by NoMaster on Thursday July 02 2015, @12:41AM
So what you're saying is that we need to believe that Zuck is Seldon to ensure he never becomes Seldon while keeping him thinking that he is Seldon?
My brain hurts...
Live free or fuck off and take your naïve Libertarian fantasies with you...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 02 2015, @01:45AM
No, you only need believe that Zuck is an egotistacal prick who wants to translate his wealth into power over the masses. And, he's going about it all wrong.