Posted on 11/14/2007 11:33:43 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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the headline is really quite deceptive, the surfer dude actually holds a doctorate in theoretical physics.
Interesting article, too bad i am unlikely to understand E8.
No big deal, Douglas Adams answered the ultimate question long ago. The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything...is 42...time now to figure out what the question is.
Yep, I was athinkin’ that thar same thang jest las year after we drank up uncle zeb’s white lightnin’. You’d be surprised at what you think ‘bout after a jar or two of that stuff. :0 )
Darn, I took too long looking for an older photo.
Good one!
Damn! beat me to it.
It sucks being him.
If it’s simple and beautiful, odds are it’s correct. The universe never seems to want anything to do with ugly math.
Uncle Martin! Uncle Martin! I know you’re in here!
Maybe fundamental theories tend to be simple and beautiful. But the physicists may be inadvertantly searching for God, who is Beauty and Simplicity itself.
As one physicist stated, I eventually came to the idea of God, and realized that the theologians were already there.
self ping
bump for later reader
“He is likely unemployed w/ good reason.”
He may or may not be very good with holding a mundane job, but this has very little to do with his mental ability to deal with very abstract and esoteric material such as the theory he is working on. As per the article he has a doctorate in this area so presumably he knows his stuff, as I assume someone with little aptitude for theoretical physics would fare poorly in a doctorate program.
Having done a fair amount of somewhat advanced analysis, topology, and other theorem-based math work in college, I eventually saw that major stumbling blocks on problems/proofs/etc. would unravel or suddenly make more sense often at the most odd times, such as when trying to fall asleep. I concluded that the brain’s ability to deal with increasingly abstract puzzles such as that depended on some fairly different variables than, say, being able to grind out differential equations 100/hour or to hold an 8-5 job.
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I think that white dot in the center of the pic on the left is me!
Nah! Screwy Louis Farakhan has it figured out. The answer is "19".
Being in Hawaii during the summer is probably the REASON he is so poor...it costs a LOT to live there and just eat.
Mr. Hand would have been proud.
What Jefferson was saying was, "Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus. So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too!"
It looks like a doily, not a potholder. I have disproven your theory with one simple, elegant rebuttal.
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And I think that our universe isn't symmetrical.
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