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String theory’s 11 dimensions are like Ptolemy’s epicycles. I mean really. Occam’s Razor, people. Occam's. Razor.
Chemistry and Astronomy are my life right now. This is sad.
My Chem TA at a study session:
Take the book and just throw it away. That’s the biggest problem I’ve seen you guys have.. *whiney voice* “Eh.. but I have this book and what does it..” No. Just leave it alone. Masochistic bastards.
You could be a frickin monkey as long as you know how to punch a calculator.
I have a problem with equations. Not because they’re hard. Cuz, yea.. numbers suck. Unless it’s money.
Leonard Susskind, the guy who first proposed string theory, on sending his paper into a panel:
I was completely convinced that when it came back it was going to say, "Susskind is the next Einstein," or maybe even, "the next Newton." And it came back saying, "this paper's not very good, probably shouldn't be published." I was truly knocked off my chair. I was depressed, I was unhappy. I was saddened by it. It made me a nervous wreck, and the result was I went home and got drunk.
Chemistry and Astronomy are my life right now. This is sad.
My Chem TA at a study session:
Take the book and just throw it away. That’s the biggest problem I’ve seen you guys have.. *whiney voice* “Eh.. but I have this book and what does it..” No. Just leave it alone. Masochistic bastards.
You could be a frickin monkey as long as you know how to punch a calculator.
I have a problem with equations. Not because they’re hard. Cuz, yea.. numbers suck. Unless it’s money.
Leonard Susskind, the guy who first proposed string theory, on sending his paper into a panel:
I was completely convinced that when it came back it was going to say, "Susskind is the next Einstein," or maybe even, "the next Newton." And it came back saying, "this paper's not very good, probably shouldn't be published." I was truly knocked off my chair. I was depressed, I was unhappy. I was saddened by it. It made me a nervous wreck, and the result was I went home and got drunk.