- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Random thought after watching the movie Oppenheimer
Posted on 10/6/24 at 8:24 pm to ell_13
Posted on 10/6/24 at 8:24 pm to ell_13
quote:
Singers, actors, athletes are who we tell kids to look up to
Yeah being a doctor used to be the pinnacle of career achievement.. now’s it’s being an influencer .. we deserve whatever befalls us
0
Posted on 10/6/24 at 9:33 pm to Knuckle Checker
Other than Einstein no of the people listed were widely known in their time.
Posted on 10/6/24 at 9:55 pm to RummelTiger
quote:
Put Hawking’s brain in Ted Williams’ head…he’ll be the smartest jock ever.
quote:
RummelTiger
GFY
Posted on 10/6/24 at 10:07 pm to tedwilliamsfroznhead
None of those scientist have influenced our world as much as Alan Turing.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 12:47 am to RollTide1987
quote:
It was not. However, it was theorized back in the 60s and the scientists who did so were basing it off the earlier work of Paul Dirac, Hideki Yukawa, Richard Feynman, and other physicists from the 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Who based their work on earlier scientists and so on and so forth. I'm not sure your point
Posted on 10/7/24 at 3:14 am to tedwilliamsfroznhead
Posted on 10/7/24 at 7:05 am to DesScorp
I would say the main advance in physics has been in astronomy and cosmology. It wasn't until 1998 that it was proved that the universe's expansion is accelerating. That was a pretty big deal. Around the same time it was proved that there are planets in other solar systems (believe it or not, as late as the 90s many astronomers were skeptical that there were other planets out there).
And in cosmology, we now have the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. (Keep in mind, we have no idea of either really exist).
On the theoretical side of physics, there have been no major advances. Einstein discovered relativity in 1905 and quantum theory was fully fleshed out before WWII. Since then physicists have studied how they can merge the two into one framework (like they did with electricity and magnetism back in the day).
And in cosmology, we now have the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. (Keep in mind, we have no idea of either really exist).
On the theoretical side of physics, there have been no major advances. Einstein discovered relativity in 1905 and quantum theory was fully fleshed out before WWII. Since then physicists have studied how they can merge the two into one framework (like they did with electricity and magnetism back in the day).
Posted on 10/7/24 at 7:46 am to cadillac7563
quote:
Oppenheimer really just piggybacked on Einstein
Oppenheimer was more of a jack of all trades but master of none kind of scientist, which made him perfect to lead the Manhattan Project. Someone with a baseline understanding of everything to bring it all together from scientists who knew a bit more than he did on certain fields.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 7:52 am to RollTide1987
quote:
I doubt very seriously men like Oppenheimer, Teller, Bohr, and the rest would have become as well known as they did.
I still think we would have eventually desired to get nuclear energy. Oppenheimer also discovered the Black Hole, so while it was a relatively insignificant discovery in his lifetime, it has much larger significance to the future of our species.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 9:15 am to Knuckle Checker
Well, science been settled since Obama ‘s first term so we really didn’t need them anymore.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 10:47 am to Knuckle Checker
quote:
Where are all the geniuses that are making advancements? The first group of guys made some incredible ground breaking discoveries. Everything seems to have stagnated other than smaller electronics and computer science.
If that list of guys was still alive today and making advancements you'd have half the members of this board saying whatever they claimed was bullshite and they trust the guy that is saying what they wanna hear.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 11:50 am to Knuckle Checker
quote:
During that era you had the following physicists:
Robert Oppenheimer
Edward Teller
Albert Einstein
Max Planck
Werner Heisenberg
Niels Bohr
Richard Feynman
Enrico Fermi
Erwin Schrödinger
Contrast that with who we have today:
Stephen Hawking
The black science guy Neil degrasse Tyson (half joking)
There are some amazing scientists today, but Dark Matter Searches or Neutrinoless double beta decay isn't as engaging for the general public as the Manhattan Project.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 11:51 am to Master of Sinanju
quote:
Hawking and Tyson are DEI hires.
Since Hawking has been dead for 6 years or so...that would be the ultimate DEI hire I guess.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 11:55 am to ell_13
quote:
Musk is a rare exception and it’s only because he owns a media company and is the richest man in the world.
And half the population now intensely hates Musk since they found out he’s not a leftist and won’t censor in the direction they want.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 11:56 am to AlwysATgr
quote:
Musk has a degree in physics (though I don't think he's actively doing physics research).
I've never understood schools that will award a B.A. in Physics, rather than a B.S.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 12:50 am to SantaFe
quote:
SantaFe
quote:
I did engineering work on a neutrino detector at Los Alamos.
checks out (potentially)
Posted on 10/13/24 at 12:54 am to DesScorp
quote:
All of the major advances in Physics that CAN be discovered, have been. We’re tinkering at the edges of whats left.
We still don’t know what an atom actually looks like. We don’t know shite.
Page 6 of 6
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News