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Science quotes on a sticky ?

  • 29-04-2010 10:58PM
    #1
    thecornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭


    hey all ,

    Was reading through some pop-science books today and one of the things i enjoyed most , as i nearly always do when i read them is the quotes from scientists, both serious and funny. Quotes such as :

    listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go
    -E. E. CUMMINGS

    when he was talking about parallel universes. There are lots of them which are usually amusing but some are serious and do make you think.

    What i was thinking is this :

    a sticky gets made where people can post some of the quotes they have seen ( both funny and serious ) , and can discuss them also.

    just an idea, i know there usually isn't much attention payed to this forum relative to others but i still think it could work.

    I have PM'dProfessor Fink about it and it gets the go ahead if enough people want it.
    So if you think it would work please reply in some way either by a post or a thank you.

    many thanks
    thecornflake


Comments

  • #2
    ZorbaTehZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭ZorbaTehZ


    Excellent idea.

    Two my favourites:
    Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
    --Darwin
    There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
    --Fermi


  • #3
    RolandIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,924 ✭✭✭✭RolandIRL


    not quotes, but some jokes. maybe jokes could be included in the sticky?
    Q: Why are quantum physicists so poor at sex?
    A: Because when they find the position, they can't find the momentum, and when they have the momentum, they can't find the position
    Wanted Dead or Alive: Schrodinger's Cat

    :D


  • #4
    thecornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭thecornflake


    whiteman19 wrote: »
    not quotes, but some jokes. maybe jokes could be included in the sticky?


    don't see why not, just an idea to inject a bit of fun and discussion as opposed to Q&A which occurs a lot.


  • #5
    fillmore jive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 649 ✭✭✭fillmore jive


    Can't remember who said it but it's something like
    Everytime I hear about Schrodinger's cat I reach for my gun


  • #6
    RolandIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,924 ✭✭✭✭RolandIRL


    shamelessly stolen from someone's sig :D
    Albert Einstein wrote:
    Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction


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  • #7
    thecornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭thecornflake


    If at first an idea does not sound absurd,
    then there is no hope for it.
    -ALBERT EINSTEIN


    always liked that one.

    Anybody else find it funny that Einstein didn't like quantum physics yet he won a nobel prize for his work on it ( light as a particle) ?


  • #8
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    Ernest Rutherford wrote: »
    "Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting."
    - Ernest Rutherford


    Ooooo, controversial


  • #9
    thecornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭thecornflake


    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    Ooooo, controversial


    very good , i like it


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