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[challenge entry] Genius


(The man, that is)

From the The Reductionist Challenge challenge. See all 1013 entries (closed)

(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:13, archived)
# dats good
:)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:14, archived)
# einstein spent the last part of his life
trying to dissprove the stuff he came up with in the first half

(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:14, archived)
# "The secret...
...to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

:)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:15, archived)
# i thought he was infuriated by
quatumn doodads and tried to make them go away.
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:16, archived)
# yes
pretty much.

he was proved right (or wrong) after his death. The original theory is true. The particle has no position until it's measured, it isn't just a case of not knowing
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:18, archived)
# he was right though
they're bloody nonsense.
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:21, archived)
# well
i think it's bull.

i doubt the scientific world will take my opinions particularly seriously, but there we go.
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:22, archived)
# it works
the proof is in the computer you're using
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:24, archived)
# go on then.
persuade me.

(or not if you can't be arsed..)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:25, archived)
# maybe a bit further up the board
but tunneling is occuring in your computer right now. It's one of the main causes of breakdown in transistors. Not the main cause of failure in chips though, that's electromigration, which makes sense classically
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:30, archived)
# I'm glad
I posted this now - I've learnededed so much :)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 18:32, archived)