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Comment by catchclose8919 | Hacker News Reader

...since everybody (Stephen Wolfram, Eric Weinstein), seems to be investing in promoting their theory since the peer-review process doesn't seem very good fit to wade through this massive works of questionable value, and it seems David Deutsch has joined the game.

Which is a very good thing since his work looks like it might actually bring value, and it might otherwise get drowned in the noise made by the other fouls!

Good luck & keep it real!

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They publish a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals. It seems like this is more about how you raise money for theoretical work and less about peer-review.

But the money needed is exceptionally low. Enough to pay for salaries and chalk... It's not like they're building a Particle Accelerator.

Salaries and chalk... and travel, and equipment (even if it's just computers), this web-site, the person who designed it... It easily could get into hundreds of thousands per year, or even millions. It's not like this is a revenue-generating venture, so there's no return on that investment. It's pure donations.

Most likely the money they raised came with strings attached. This website feels like that. Notice all the names of sponsors.

"Sure, we'll give you a few million dollars, but we want to see that you are getting the idea out there and building education. Also, put our name all over it."

Money doesn't grow on trees and getting it out of donors isn't easy.

Promoting your work gets you more citations as well. Promotional ability is one of the distinguishing attributes of the top academics.

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