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European Professor: E=Mc² is "Sexed," Speed of Light is "Privileged"
Pundit Press ^ | 1/20/15 | Aurelius

Posted on 01/20/2015 3:34:48 PM PST by rightistight

Dr. Luce Irigaray has presented a philosophical statement that likely no other person has ever even considered: that E=Mc², the famed equation by Albert Einstein, is "sexed."

Irigaray, who describes herself as a "Feminist Philosopher," wrote her thoughts in the 1987 book Parler n’est jamais neutre. The quote was listed proudly recently by her current employer, The European Graduate School, as a cutting-edge example of their faculty's thinking.

The quote itself is as incoherent as it sounds, but we have decided to post it in its entirety below to make certain that all context is given:

"Is E=Mc² a sexed equation? Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us. What seems to me to indicate the possible sexed nature of the equation is not directly its uses by nuclear weapons, rather it is having privileged that which goes faster."
E=Mc², of course, is a mathematical equation about energy, mass, and the speed of light, and is not "sexed" in any way, shape, or form.

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TOPICS: Politics; Science
KEYWORDS: luceirigaray; privilege; stringtheory
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To: rightistight

Educated way beyond her intelligence


41 posted on 01/20/2015 7:22:09 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: muir_redwoods

Statements like this make me want to go into the kitchen and make sammiches for the nearest men.

Hey Guys!


42 posted on 01/20/2015 7:33:09 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
"Is E=Mc2 a sexed equation? Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us. What seems to me to indicate the possible sexed nature of the equation is not directly its uses by nuclear weapons, rather it is having privileged that which goes faster."
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43 posted on 01/27/2015 8:38:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

The original nonsensical statement makes more sense than the “explanation”, which is nothing more than attempt to brown-nose with an air of sophistication.


44 posted on 01/27/2015 8:48:32 AM PST by samtheman
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To: muir_redwoods

The link has been hijacked to an Asian porn site.


45 posted on 08/19/2018 12:39:26 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: rightistight

Somewhere in Hell, Lysenko is laughing his ass off.


46 posted on 08/19/2018 12:54:18 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

Which is probably more intelligent and objective


47 posted on 08/19/2018 1:15:50 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: rightistight

Note to self: never drive over a bridge designed by someone who believes that tensile strength is a patriarchal concept.


48 posted on 08/19/2018 1:21:51 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rightistight
"Is E=Mc² a sexed equation? Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us. What seems to me to indicate the possible sexed nature of the equation is not directly its uses by nuclear weapons, rather it is having privileged that which goes faster."

Okay Prof...

1. YOU are the one furthering the notion that sex = privilege. You are implying that male is superior to female. You are a misogynist bigot.

2. What other speeds are "vitally important to us"? Given that c is considered the upper bound, the only other speed worthy of note is 0, motionlessness, Absolute Zero... which is exactly as impactful and important as c, and thus NOT "privileged" or "underprivileged". They are simply the bounds of possibility, co-equal and interdependent. Everything else is in between, and 0.99c is no more privileged than 0.00001cm/hr, or differentiated or preferred in any way at all. (Society seems to deem 55mph as the most desirable speed, in practice.)

3. Since c and 0 are of equal importance, the only person here to allege that faster=privileged=sexed is YOU.

49 posted on 08/19/2018 1:28:08 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Maceman
Upon hearing such a description, my dear departed Yiddische grandma would have asked her: "And from dis you make a livink?"

And the answer would be "Mais OUI!"

She's paid to blather and drivel.

50 posted on 08/19/2018 1:40:05 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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