There&#x27;s always this discussion about the author, yet recently it was posted here in HM his blog [1] about Ada Lovelace, which I read and enjoyed quite a bit, and of which I don&#x27;t remember being distracted by any of his self-promotion at all. I do remember &quot;A New Kind of Science&quot;, but it&#x27;s also ok to forgive and forget.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.stephenwolfram.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;untangling-the-tale-of-ada-lovelace&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.stephenwolfram.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;untangling-the-tale-o...</a>