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Everything filed under physics physics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Poincare missed special relativity because he knew too much: the leading physicists of the day were prisoners of their own expertise. Poincare missed special relativitybecause he knew too much: theleading physicists of the day wereprisoners of their own expertise. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The story that Einstein could not keep up with quantum mechanics is almost exactly backwards: his philosophical objections were correct and should have been taken far more seriously. — tap to centre the map on it The story that Einstein couldnot keep up with quantummechanics is almost exactlybackwards: his philosophical… Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physics will be unified again as it has been before; the obstacle is that relativity and quantum mechanics already explain almost everything we can measure. — tap to centre the map on it Physics will be unified againas it has been before; theobstacle is that relativityand quantum mechanics already… Last stated a year ago 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago TT Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is not lost in a black hole; the paradox is a crisis handing us clues, not a sign that quantum mechanics fails. — tap to centre the map on it Information is not lost in ablack hole; the paradox is acrisis handing us clues, not asign that quantum mechanics… Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 · a year ago JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory gets abandoned when the old explanation becomes visibly insufficient: special relativity made Newtonian gravity's action at a distance impossible, and that was the forcing function. — tap to centre the map on it A theory gets abandoned whenthe old explanation becomesvisibly insufficient: specialrelativity made Newtonian… Last stated 5 months ago 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Einstein's equation is much smarter than Einstein was: it knew about black holes, gravitational waves and the Big Bang while he did not. — tap to centre the map on it Einstein's equation is muchsmarter than Einstein was: itknew about black holes,gravitational waves and the… Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: He used to think explaining AI's results would be the mathematician's remaining job; he now expects AI to explain better than most humans, so that is not what is left. — tap to centre the map on it He used to think explainingAI's results would be themathematician's remaining job;he now expects AI to explain… Last stated 2 months ago 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A self-respecting theoretical physicist kills most of their own ideas rather than waiting for somebody else to do it. — tap to centre the map on it A self-respecting theoreticalphysicist kills most of theirown ideas rather than waitingfor somebody else to do it. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 · a year ago JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling dark matter and dark energy invented names for physicists' ignorance gets it exactly backwards: only extraordinary precision let us see that they are missing. — tap to centre the map on it Calling dark matter and darkenergy invented names forphysicists' ignorance gets itexactly backwards: only… Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 · a year ago JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Poincare missed special relativity because he knew too much: the leading physicists of the day were prisoners of their own expertise. Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Michael Nielsen Read this korrent →