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100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics

Posted by michael on from the quanta-is-a-pretty-good-editor-too dept.

EricR writes "On December 14, 1900, Max Planck presented experimental results in front of the German Physical Society and announced that they could best be explained if energy exists in discrete packets, which he called "quanta." Today is the 100th birthday of Quantum Physics."

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  1. I have a gut theory...... by sawilson · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think I incorporated too many cohesive integral
    slices of pizza in my gut. It's a fairly
    comprehensive theory, with tangible links to the
    Grand Lack of Excersize theory. But seriously....

    My feeling is that we try to look way too far ahead
    instead of just saying "we don't know". It amazes
    me that we'll occasionally overlook something so
    incredibly useful like the "tornado in a can" but
    have the nerve to propose increasingly bizarre shit
    based on a foundation of bizarre shit. I'm sure
    that if we live long enough, we'll get our Grand
    Unification, and that it's probably our purpose
    for existing in the first place. I'm just an
    advocate for not blatantly charging forward and
    basing new things on old things that aren't much
    better than voodoo. It's ok to say "We don't
    really know".

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  2. Re:100th? by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's slashdot math. You know, it's just like how 50+2-1=49

    So *that* is why my Karma is shit. All this time I thought I was just a loser troll. Now I feel better.

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