Albert would have been 138 if he had of lived. Anyone want to discuss the differences between quantum mechanics and Newtonian physics? Little things, big things, things, things, things... :
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:Happy Birthday Einstein!!
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In the Copenhagen interpretation of QM it was posited that a travelling particle lacks a definite value until a measurement is made. This led to the uncertainty principle. Einstein argued against this. That Einstein guy was so stupid 
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I'll celebrate by smoking some Epiphany in my small WDC apple, while thinking deep scientific thoughts. Wait, I don't know any deep scientific thoughts... 8O
Einstein was very much obsessed with smoking. He actually went on saying “I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs”. He was never found turning down a cigar or a cigarette offer but was fonder of pipes. This was gleaned from 50 interesting facts about Einstein, and the FormulaE=MCsquared was thought to have earlier found by another Physiscit but was ultimately given the credit to him, he did not recieve the Nobel prize for that formula, it was for other works. I bought a kindle book about him and glean from it from time to time. His eyeballs are in a box in NYC. ::
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Good thing he is dead, because that would suck if not. :
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What I always found most interesting about Einstein was that in school, he was a poor student, bored and listless and his teachers thought he was a no-account dufus that would go nowhere. After later graduating from the Polytechnic, he could not even get a job, no one would hire him. No one would even give his papers the time of day, and unless for one guy who read his paper on Special Relativity and realizing the implications of it and bringing it to other's attentions, he might have remained a clerk all of his life and we still might be living 50-80 years back in time, technology wise, or Nazi Germany might have even conquered the world.
I wonder what the jab market is for physicists who think up their own theories and laws? My last job, I kept trying to think up my own rules and theories, but Waffle House was having none of that. ::
:In mine, my theories and laws are accepted by all who live here... well actually I do have a clownfish that refuses to fall in line, but the cats are always amazed by my brilliance... or constepated as the feline facial expressions are similar. Actually upon further thought, my "genius" isn't respected here either
I'm more Quantum than Newtonian. Newtonian is strict and logical. It's exact and full of definable rules. Quantum starts with a "Q" and they had that cool TV show in the 80's where the guy jumped in and out of bodies. I define myself more like that. ::
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Great post. Happy B-day AL.
How inconvenient he was born a day where my brain is not firing on all cylinders. The ancient Egyptians believed matter maintained a wave form until observed whereupon it became a particle. The Dogon tribe of Africa have counted 266 sub-atomic particles. Modern Western science counts well over 200, but I haven't been able to find an exact number. It is my belief the Dogon were of the priestly class of ancient Egyptians and maintain what is left of their sacred knowledge. The most precise and largest of the Egyptian monuments were strangely at the beginning (6,000 years ago) of the established (western made) dynasties, with no precedents, and quickly devolved from there.
I read Einstein would pick up cigarette butts off the street and smoke them in his pipe. ::
How inconvenient he was born a day where my brain is not firing on all cylinders. The ancient Egyptians believed matter maintained a wave form until observed whereupon it became a particle. The Dogon tribe of Africa have counted 266 sub-atomic particles. Modern Western science counts well over 200, but I haven't been able to find an exact number. It is my belief the Dogon were of the priestly class of ancient Egyptians and maintain what is left of their sacred knowledge. The most precise and largest of the Egyptian monuments were strangely at the beginning (6,000 years ago) of the established (western made) dynasties, with no precedents, and quickly devolved from there.
I read Einstein would pick up cigarette butts off the street and smoke them in his pipe. :
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Two of the greatest minds of the 20th Century were born on March 14th.
Also, it is International Pi Day, 3.14, so enjoy some!
Also, it is International Pi Day, 3.14, so enjoy some!
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