Apparently Albert was really smart NGC

[HardAspie]

Too many great replies here of philosophical import or great humour! Keep it up!

Yes...Einstein's Photoelectric Theory. That is where QM began, and then Einstein disliked it so much that he and two colleagues constructed for an ad absurdum argument against QM the EPR Paradox. But in another of nature's great ironies, that paradox actually works. Indeed, I think last year some real smart head experimenters successfully used it to transfer information.

This universe is a pretty nifty place.

[oldbike54]

 "Been fishing lately?" 

  Dusty

[HardAspie]

"Been fishing lately?" 

  Dusty

I haven't been fishin' in so long that I have barely useful recollections. I think something called bait goes on a hook?

[oldbike54]

"Been fishing lately?" 

  Dusty

 

I haven't been fishin' in so long that I have barely useful recollections. I think something called bait goes on a hook?

 That is the punchline to an Einstein joke 

 Dusty

[HardAspie]

 
 That is the punchline to an Einstein joke 

 Dusty

That joke blew right on past me like an unsensed gravitational wave!

[Orange Guzzi]

I am not an expert in science.  But gravity and magnetism fascinate me.  Gravity is so much weaker than magnetism, I believe by a factor of 5.  May be wrong.  Just standing outside at night and looking up is enough for me to realize how insignificant we truly are yet unique in many ways.  Even the concept of time is insignificant.  My head hurts now. 

My question is, Is the study of gravity done out of curiosity or is there a need to know?  Are we looking for Some great discovery that will change our lives for the better.  Considering the deeper we look, the further we move away from our future.  Or is it the more we see in the future, the further we see into the past. Which is to late by then.  Now my head really hurts. 

[HardAspie]

I am not an expert in science.  But gravity and magnetism fascinate me.  Gravity is so much weaker than magnetism, I believe by a factor of 5.  May be wrong.  Just standing outside at night and looking up is enough for me to realize how insignificant we truly are yet unique in many ways.  Even the concept of time is insignificant.  My head hurts now. 

My question is, Is the study of gravity done out of curiosity or is there a need to know?  Are we looking for Some great discovery that will change our lives for the better.  Considering the deeper we look, the further we move away from our future.  Or is it the more we see in the future, the further we see into the past. Which is to late by then.  Now my head really hurts.

Although it is a rare scientific discovery that fails to bring into the world some potential new use; this is pure science at the moment. These guys simply want to know.

[Howard R]

Here's yer Guzzi connection.  There used to be a Loopframe sidecar guy named Steele McWrench.  He was a Quantum Mechanic.  Had a cat named Otto who used to belong to a guy named Schroedinger.

[HardAspie]

Here's yer Guzzi connection.  There used to be a Loopframe sidecar guy named Steele McWrench.  He was a Quantum Mechanic.  Had a cat named Otto who used to belong to a guy named Schroedinger.

I can't top that!

[Orange Guzzi]

Although it is a rare scientific discovery that fails to bring into the world some potential new use; this is pure science at the moment. These guys simply want to know.

I guess in some way, Gravity is God.  With out it, We would not exist.  It is after all what is holding everything together as we know it.  It is a window into our past the keeps on giving. 

[wymple]

I can't too deep into this stuff, but Einstein was truly bent in his mind to be able to comprehend and predict things that only 75 or 100 years later they are proving him correct. I never understood how you can warp time but it was proven with an experiment involving perfect watches. I read the other day that if scientists didn't allow for his time warp factor between the earth and our GPS satellites, your GPS would be off by 6 miles.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Too many great replies here of philosophical import or great humour! Keep it up!

Yes...Einstein's Photoelectric Theory. That is where QM began, and then Einstein disliked it so much that he and two colleagues constructed for an ad absurdum argument against QM the EPR Paradox. But in another of nature's great ironies, that paradox actually works. Indeed, I think last year some real smart head experimenters successfully used it to transfer information.

This universe is a pretty nifty place.

I read that, too. Beam me up, Scotty.