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Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:20 pm
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Also, questions concerning the TRUTH about rock crushers are allowed if your heart is with the ONE true faith.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:23 pm
Why do you keep lying about your job? Everyone knows you really have a middle management job at a shoe store.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:25 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 4:23 pm)Jesster Wrote: Why do you keep lying about your job? Everyone knows you really have a middle management job at a shoe store.
I want everyone to love and admire me.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:26 pm
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What has been, in your estimation, the most consequential discovery in physics in the last 5 years?
(open ended, could be experimental results, a theorem, or a practical application - but..preferably, one that flew under the radar)
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:29 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 4:25 pm)Alex K Wrote: (July 18, 2017 at 4:23 pm)Jesster Wrote: Why do you keep lying about your job? Everyone knows you really have a middle management job at a shoe store.
I want everyone to love and admire me.
Uh oh... I think you caught some sort of penguin-based disease.
Anyways I'm off to bed, ni night.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:35 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 4:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote: What has been, in your estimation, the most consequential discovery in physics in the last 5 years?
Well, the biggies in fundamental physics are obviously the Higgs boson 5 years ago, and gravitational waves two years ago. Those two have a huge impact on their respective fields, but I wonder whether there wasn't another discovery in an applied field which I simply haven't yet heard of and which will have a profound impact on everyday technology. For instance, the Nobel for Grünberg who discovered the giant magnetoresistance which was the basis for hard disk data storage. I didn't know it existed at all until he got his Nobel even though he was basically in my back yard, and it was arguably a very important discovery for our everyday lives.
I'll exclude the Higgs boson because it has been 5 years and a few weeks, so the big one is Gravitational Waves, for several reasons: we finally have direct evidence that black holes exist, and that Einstein's equations are pretty much exactly valid even in those extreme conditions where two black holes merge. With a bit of luck, this will open up a whole field of observations using gravitational waves, and (e)LISA, to me the most incredible space experiment ever conceived, can go forward.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:51 pm
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Am I right in thinking that lasers are so ubiquitous in modern technology because they're so much fun to play with that physicists have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get funding to do research with them?
On a more serious note, what's the gender balance like in Physics? In Comp Sci it's about 10% women to men now.
Also, how plausible is it that the creation of a black hole can create a new universe?
(July 18, 2017 at 4:20 pm)Alex K Wrote: Also, questions concerning the TRUTH about rock crushers are allowed if your heart is with the ONE true faith.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 4:59 pm
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 5:10 pm
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(July 18, 2017 at 4:25 pm)Alex K Wrote: (July 18, 2017 at 4:23 pm)Jesster Wrote: Why do you keep lying about your job? Everyone knows you really have a middle management job at a shoe store.
I want everyone to love and admire me.
Ah ha we knew it all you critics who aren't themselves physics but read some blogs about it .And assert outdated idea's about concepts like singularities (place holders) were right . 
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 5:17 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 5:10 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: (July 18, 2017 at 4:25 pm)Alex K Wrote: I want everyone to love and admire me.
Ah ha we knew it all you critics who aren't themselves physics but read some blogs about it .And assert outdated idea's about concepts like singularities (place holders) were right .
Exactly!
huh?
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