On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:15 AM, sadovnik socratus <[email protected]>wrote:
> Book ‘Dreams of a final theory’. By Steven Weinberg. > Page 66. > ‘ Most scientists use quantum mechanics every day in they > working lives without needing to worry about the fundamental > problem of its interpretation. > . . .they do not worry about it. A year or so ago . . . . . > our conversation turned to a young theorist who had been quite > promising as a graduate student and who had then dropped > out of sight. I asked Phil what had interfered with the > ex-student’s research. Phil shook his head sadly and said: > ‘ He tried to understand quantum mechanics.’ (!) > # > Book ‘ The trouble with Physics’. By Lee Smolin. > Page V!! > ‘ Not that every scientist is a seeker, most are not.’ (!) > # > / page 329. / > ‘Few scientists think about foundational problems, > and even fewer have ideas about them’ (!) > ===… > > Ce la vie ! > ====… > > > And--that is why the world remained so happily flat----for so long a time, > until some bumbling fool spoilt our sweet slumber. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
