In technics, he was an outstanding person, I might say, brilliant. And he has been exceptional human qualities. I've seen in my life all sorts of people. He was absolutely honest.
- It was probably difficult for him in life...
- Do you know why it was easy for him? Because he was ahead on all on a few heads. It was not necessary for him to be cunning. People start to cheat, when they have no something, when they something can not reach, so they start to cheat, to cover this distance. But he didn't need in this.
To fully appreciate these qualities, which were inherited from Lebedev to Babayan, it's necessary to know the situation in Soviet science. Battle of minds was directed not always, and perhaps primarily not always on the achievement of scientific results. Therefore, the choice of Lebedev and Babayan aside definitely real results - a selection of self-confident and committed to the ideals of science people. The man who made such a choice could either reach prominent results, or be destroyed by the environment. The only chance to avoid the latter - is to achieve high results. Such choice without a choice.
Therefore, the lessons of Lebedev were inevitably developed by Babayan.
- My scheme is - the proposal should be done on the basis of fundamental concepts, and then check all by the statistics, by the market. And not vice versa. If people have not formed an understanding of fundamental laws, and they start only from the needs, mistakes are inevitable. If decisions are made on the basis of fundamental principles, then we are freed from the uncertainties of statistics. Essentially, both these tendencies - the vector of the market and the vector of fundamental laws - are pointed in one direction. But the one who can understand the fundamental laws in proper time, will go in the right direction much earlier.
And even, you know, I now have idea than market good. It oblige to understand fundamental laws... It leads to the same. Another thing, if you are familiar with the fundamental principles, deliberately going in this direction, then the movement is more economical. And if you move only under the influence of the market, you will still come there, but with heavy losses and spend much more time...
The dramatic loss of time - this is something with which Boris A. had, unfortunately, had to face up close.
- We must be able to take advantage of the results. If you have a huge results, but you can not show people what is good in them, all may be lost. We must be able to clearly to convey to them the information - he addresses us with words of encouragement.
But you can make information clear for them when they want to listen, want to understand. Babayan himself, in spite of tremendous service to science and real commercial product - his own computer chip, which at that time surpassed world counterparts, failed to find an understanding for ten years. That's how much time he was looking for investors around the world before he start to work in Intel.
In my opinion, this is one of the most significant examples of the modern world in the relationship of talented people and the dominant economic and financial system. And it actually leaves no hope for an independent professional and human implementation, in spite of the highest results. It should not be, but it happens everywhere.
The exception to this rule was the emergence of Google, when Andy Behtolsheym, breaking all the formal and informal laws, after a five-minute conversation supported Brin and Page by delivering them a check for one hundred thousand dollars.
As you already know, we solve the task, in order that any project, any talented person could get a guaranteed financial support. Then the really will come true words Babayan, and progress will capture all.
Vladimir TESLIN