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I liked this one better:
http://sivers.org/weidman
From what I've read about men and women of true genius, this sounds
pretty much right. But look at the thread comments... apparently the
general populas actually thinks that gifted scientists and
mathematicians actually wander around, zombie-style, burbling about
equations and unable to comprehend social interaction.
I blame the media...
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I liked this one better:
>
> http://sivers.org/weidman
great anecdote. Perhaps all you need to appreciate Mozart is to have Einstein
next to you? ;)
> From what I've read about men and women of true genius, this sounds
> pretty much right. But look at the thread comments... apparently the
> general populas actually thinks that gifted scientists and
> mathematicians actually wander around, zombie-style, burbling about
> equations and unable to comprehend social interaction.
>
> I blame the media...
indeed. Though Einstein himself contributed much to this state of affairs with
his famous tongue shot. The prototypical mad scientist.
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> great anecdote. Perhaps all you need to appreciate Mozart is to have Einstein
> next to you? ;)
Heh. Perhaps all you need to realise what it is to be *alive* is to
stand next to a great man such as him.
Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries ago, eh?
>> I blame the media...
>
> indeed. Though Einstein himself contributed much to this state of affairs with
> his famous tongue shot. The prototypical mad scientist.
Ah, but no - that just shows that the dude had a sense of humour.
(Something which apparently nobody today expects scientists to have...)
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 8-5-2010 23:15, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> great anecdote. Perhaps all you need to appreciate Mozart is to have
>> Einstein
>> next to you? ;)
>
> Heh. Perhaps all you need to realise what it is to be *alive* is to
> stand next to a great man such as him.
>
> Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries ago, eh?
>
>>> I blame the media...
>>
>> indeed. Though Einstein himself contributed much to this state of
>> affairs with
>> his famous tongue shot. The prototypical mad scientist.
>
> Ah, but no - that just shows that the dude had a sense of humour.
> (Something which apparently nobody today expects scientists to have...)
>
Oh come on, I am I scientist too...
Ok, I see what you mean.
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Am 08.05.2010 22:50, schrieb nemesis:
> indeed. Though Einstein himself contributed much to this state of affairs with
> his famous tongue shot. The prototypical mad scientist.
Strangely enough, Einstein himself had a kind of "pop star" status at
his time. Science was considered sort of "sexy" back then.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries ago, eh?
Yeah, because we had quantum physics down pat centuries ago.
> Ah, but no - that just shows that the dude had a sense of humour.
> (Something which apparently nobody today expects scientists to have...)
You should read some of the Feynman biographies.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 8-5-2010 23:15, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> >> great anecdote. Perhaps all you need to appreciate Mozart is to have
> >> Einstein
> >> next to you? ;)
> >
> > Heh. Perhaps all you need to realise what it is to be *alive* is to
> > stand next to a great man such as him.
> >
> > Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries ago, eh?
> >
> >>> I blame the media...
> >>
> >> indeed. Though Einstein himself contributed much to this state of
> >> affairs with
> >> his famous tongue shot. The prototypical mad scientist.
> >
> > Ah, but no - that just shows that the dude had a sense of humour.
> > (Something which apparently nobody today expects scientists to have...)
> >
> Oh come on, I am I scientist too...
that I can believe. :)
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clipka wrote:
> Strangely enough, Einstein himself had a kind of "pop star" status at
> his time. Science was considered sort of "sexy" back then.
I'm told back in the Victorian era, engineers were regarded as gods.
Then again, back in the Victorian era we went from a world where
everything is done by hand to a work of fantastical machines that are
still celebrated in steampunk to this day. I guess that's why!
Today for some reason it's fashionable to be stupid.
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>> Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries ago,
>> eh?
>
> Yeah, because we had quantum physics down pat centuries ago.
Sure, science is still happening today. But name just *one* scientist
who's alive today who has done anything so world-alteringly significant
that almost every man, women and child in the Western world knows their
name.
Yeah, exactly.
> You should read some of the Feynman biographies.
My sister bought me a book entitled "Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman!"
I never did finish reading it, but it falls into the category of Quite
Interesting. (Now if I could just figure out where the hell it's gone...)
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 09/05/2010 10:31 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Pitty all the great scientists and mathematicians lived centuries
>>> ago, eh?
>>
>> Yeah, because we had quantum physics down pat centuries ago.
>
> Sure, science is still happening today. But name just *one* scientist
> who's alive today who has done anything so world-alteringly significant
> that almost every man, women and child in the Western world knows their
> name.
>
> Yeah, exactly.
>
How about Benoit Mandelbrot or Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins?
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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