Einstein in today's world

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Zapped Sparky Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 2211 Credit: 631,484 RAC: 979	Message 1315421 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 3:51:37 UTC Last modified: 15 Dec 2012, 3:52:15 UTC
	I've just been having an interesting conversation with my Dad regarding Albert Einstein. Basically it was about what would he be theorising today? Considering his theory about the universe and what not what we got to discussing what would would he be theorising about if he was still alive today if he was still alive. We eventually agreed on something along the lines of "mind boggling". Thoughts? ____________ In an alternate universe, it was a ZX81 that asked for clothes, boots and motorcycle. Beer/wine o'clock, the best of the o'clocks. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, along came a giant, and cooked him for breakfast.
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 1315431 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 4:05:18 UTC - in response to Message 1315421.
	I've just been having an interesting conversation with my Dad regarding Albert Einstein. Basically it was about what would he be theorising today? Considering his theory about the universe and what not what we got to discussing what would would he be theorising about if he was still alive today if he was still alive. We eventually agreed on something along the lines of "mind boggling". Thoughts? Probably the Grand Unified Theory (if he had not succeeded in solving it already that is). This is the problem that he was working on at the end of his life, and the solution has so far eluded all the scientists that have attempted it. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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James Sotherden Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 6051 Credit: 14,704,553 RAC: 17,760	Message 1315433 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 4:08:29 UTC
	I would hazard a quess that he would be thinking about dark matter or energy. Or blackholes. But then again he was working on a unfied theory. I wonder how the Higgs Boson would have helped? ____________
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Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8492 Credit: 1,410,718 RAC: 4,462	Message 1315653 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 17:54:51 UTC
	I think he would be theorising about the mysteries of the Universe, like wormholes ... ____________
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2917 Credit: 260,393 RAC: 314	Message 1315658 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 18:13:39 UTC
	"God does not play dice", he said, to which Wolfgang Pauli replied "not even you can tell God what he can or cannot do". Notice that "not even you". I don't think he would appreciate the "Standard model" of elementary particles. His idea of physics was modeled along the theology of Spinoza. Tullio ____________
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soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6231 Credit: 27,521,189 RAC: 7,790	Message 1315687 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 19:20:04 UTC
	Oh my gosh if Albert Einstein was alive today I do hope he would be tackling something fitting for an advanced age, like how to make a better daquiri or keep kids from skateboarding on his sidewalk. He certainly earned a rest as it is!! ____________ Janice
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 1315705 - Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 19:36:08 UTC - in response to Message 1315687.
	Oh my gosh if Albert Einstein was alive today I do hope he would be tackling something fitting for an advanced age, like how to make a better daquiri or keep kids from skateboarding on his sidewalk. He certainly earned a rest as it is!! The second one is nearly impossible, you call that a rest? ____________ BOINC WIKI
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