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37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Is Virtual Reality a Good Idea for Science?

With virtual reality you can bring any place to you. imagine what it's going to do for science if you can put yourself in high fidelity simulations of the thing that you're studying bringing the place to you is a terrific way of putting it. I think even if 10 years out we imagine all these grand changes it heartens me that right now people start playing with it enjoy playing and then start tinkering and make stuff they enjoy. That gives you that kind of base layer of stuff and just creates demand and from it you get all this other cool stuff and never have before.

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