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Posted by Seth on April 15, 2007 , 3 Comments
I wish I went to college and became a scientist. They seem to get to do lots of cool shit like spend 700 million to prove a theory which was just about proven with equations here on the ground.
Einstein theorized that space and time bend and the universe is like fabric and objects like the planets and stars lay on this fabric causing a bend. To prove this NASA spent 700 million to check it out.
Big fucking deal. We pretty much knew this and it was already accepted with just about every physicist except for the crazy crackpots whom garner no respect anyway. We could have done a lot more with 700 million in my opinion. I’m all for science and research but wouldn’t you be pissed if someone spend a good deal of cash on proving gravity?
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STFU and go to college. You’re beginning to piss me off now.
I will prove gravity, if you give me 700 million.
Yes, college.
There is a difference between proving something mathematically and proving something practically. That’s why there are theoretical physicists and experimental physicists and they both acknowledge that the other is absolutely crucial to discipline.
Check and see what experiment was brought aboard Viking I to Mars.
Yeah, we think it works *here*, but does it work *elsewhere*, and moreover, does that increase the likelihood that it’s a general principle. It’s a theorem, not a proof.
So, yes, you have to spend $400 million dollars to find these things out. The math worked, but did it work when you REALLY tried it?
Seriously, take a couple of college-level physics courses, and then go look up why Einstein won the Nobel Prize. It wasn’t for the General Law.
And while you’re at it, tell me what Dick Feynman won (actually, shared) the Nobel Prize in physics for, without googling it, and then explain to me what the hell it means.
No, really… Take a few college-level physics courses. And I don’t mean Newtonian physics.
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