Posted on 03/29/2011 3:09:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The kid was probably Einstein in a past life. Just continuing the work he started.
Back to the Ether.
bkmk
That assumes a SD=15
I’ve taken a number of IQ tests over the years and have scored anywhere between 120 and 145, depending on tests, but I always get clobbered in the math parts. Add, subtract, multiply, divide. Those I can handle. Anything above that, forget it. I am a basket case.
Well, Bobby, here we have a question from a young man in Indiana who is the same age as you. ‘Is the speed of light constant?’ Hmmm. You know the Mr. Science motto, ‘Doing Is Knowing!’ We’ll be using the headlights in the Mr. Sciencemobile, a 1973 AMC Gremlin. Here’s a stopwatch, Bobby. I’ll say ‘go’ and you see how long it takes for the light to reach you. ‘Go!’ That seems pretty fast. Now, I’ll drive the Sciencemobile into the studio at 60 miles per hour and yell ‘go’ and we’ll see if there’s any difference. OK. 40...50...60...’Go!’ Brakes!Brakes!Brakes! I knew I should have gone to Meineke. Bobby! Are you awake? He’s breathing so let’s take a look at the stopwatch. Wow. It didn’t move. Once again, science triumphs over superstition! ‘Is the speed of light constant?’ The answer is no...it’s faster if you click on the brights. I think that Bobby would prefer that you send donations to The Mr. Science Show in lieu of flowers for his hospital room.
Not at all ...light is just something that is hitting the barrier...light is the bug hitting the windshield
Thought experiment to see the "speed" barrier... go in a circle faster and faster... how fast to you have to go to catch you self or even pass your self?... that not a trick question... you think about in and you see all the issues
I’ll wait and see. Too many times we have been disappointed by such claims.
Being a genius does not mean that you can prove Einstein was wrong.
Well for one counter-example, Tchaikovsky hated math and was very bad at it.
>> Well for one counter-example, Tchaikovsky hated math and was very bad at it.
An outstanding counter-example.
I don’t care much for the mechanical, tedious nature of Mozart and Bach whom I presume were proficient in math.
Nothing like peer review.
I think the alternative would be irrelativity.
Half the time I think these alleged math geniuses are pampered nuts, half the time I think they’re simply over-hyped freak shows, and half the time I think they’re gifts from God.
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