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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (315760)10/29/2016 8:32:28 PM
From: Gib Bogle  Respond to of 540704
 
Hah, yes I recall reading some years ago that actually very few physicists really understood the special theory of relativity. They could write down the equations, but that is not understanding it in the way that Einstein understood it. Now we have string theory, which probably nobody understands.

And what's more, the wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.



To: T L Comiskey who wrote (315760)10/29/2016 10:53:32 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540704
 
College physics professor.

But here is the $64 observation.

A person can learn to see relativity, they can be taught.

But you cannot teach a person to see Zen or existentialism You can teach about it, but not to see it in the minds eye.

Too abstract.

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re....The average physicist today has no trouble understanding what Einstein was talking about.

define...''average''


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