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christx30

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6. It really

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 10:47 AM

Mar 2012

grates on me whenever I hear someone produce the old canard that Einstein wasn't good in math as a kid. He actually excelled. The whole bad-at-math thing was put forth in an article in "Ripley's believe it or not", which should be called, "Ripley's Believe it or not, I don't care, cause I get paid either way."

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Einstein Proved Right in Retest of Neutrinos’ Speed [View all] alp227 Mar 2012 OP

Still gonna get 67,000,000 points on their drivers licenses. tclambert Mar 2012 #1

DUzy of a post longship Mar 2012 #2

Sooner or later he was bound to get a lucky guess right. bluedigger Mar 2012 #3

More accurately "Einstein Not Proved Wrong in Retest of Neutrinos' Speed" FarCenter Mar 2012 #4

I was just going to post the same thing. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #8

Hardware problem slackmaster Mar 2012 #5

It really christx30 Mar 2012 #6

He had some deficiencies in math. girl gone mad Mar 2012 #13

Einstein = Most over-hyped scientist in history. harun Mar 2012 #7

Are you saying that to elevate others or to bash Einstein? n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #9

I think Issac Newton makes the top of that list Exultant Democracy Mar 2012 #20

Nah; "particles" can't travel faster than light. But impulses can. Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #10

But what if your 3 foot pencil were... Ferretherder Mar 2012 #11

Yes it would Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #18

No it wouldn't. harun Mar 2012 #24

Nope. Wrong. The impulse is traveling at the speed of the pencil, no faster. saras Mar 2012 #12

Think again Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #17

Assume (hypothetically) a perfectly rigid pole; as soon as you push one end, the other moves Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #27

Locking itsrobert Mar 2012 #14

"...neutrinos, do not travel faster than light." unkachuck Mar 2012 #15

If entangled particles are mad at you for going out with the guys and getting drunk, tclambert Mar 2012 #16

Entangled particles might communicate by FTL impulses similar to those noted by Woodbridge Goodman Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #19

Think again FiveGoodMen Mar 2012 #21

Can you give an example of an entirely solid object? Or does it only exist in theory? In such a vanbean Mar 2012 #25

How to communicate 100,000 times faster than light; Dr. W. Goodman PhD Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #26

Now, I'm not a fancy pants theoretical physicist (crowd gasps) gratuitous Mar 2012 #22

Easy Silent3 Mar 2012 #28

Though? Light, photons, might be considered "particles," and/or objects. Travelling at speed Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #29

I'm not sure what point you're making Silent3 Mar 2012 #30

No substantive objection to your protocol; thanks for your excellent clarification Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #31

CERN davidhaslanded Mar 2012 #23