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Edgar Allan Poe, Cosmologist

Posted by timothy on from the sure-beats-nostrodamus dept.

David Mazzotta writes "Bet you didn't know Edgar Allen Poe pre-discovered the Big Bang and Black Holes. This article at the NYT discusses the concept of pre-discovery, or theorhetical anticipation of eventual scientific discoveries. Most of these come from forward thinking physicists, but occasionally they come from a morbid, alcoholic, poet."

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  1. No I did not by imsirovic5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Bet you didn't know Edgar Allen Poe pre-discovered the Big Bang and Black Holes"

    No I had no idea! But now I know.. And yes its Saturday night and yes 11pm down here in New Orleans and here I am rading about Edgar Allen Poe.. I should be crowned as king of all nerds to be reading about this while there is lots of "big banging" going on down few blocks from here on French Quater and Bourbon St

  2. Not true. by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    MC Steven Hawkings discovered black holes. Its all based on relativity.

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  3. Re:None of these are "discoveries". by Chembryl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, oh sooo wound up oh yes..

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  4. Re:None of these are "discoveries". by Lars+T. · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not if the posting replied to proves the idiocy.

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  5. Re:None of these are "discoveries". by Hater's+Leaving,+The · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And add one little sprinkle of DNS poisoning to prove my point. Thank you.

    THL.

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