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The Manti Te'o of Physics
theodp writes "When it comes to tales of fake girlfriends, Manti Te'o can't hold a candle to theoretical particle physicist Paul Frampton. In November 2011, writes the NY Times' Maxine Swann in 'The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble,' Frampton met who he says he thought was Czech bikini model Denise Milani on Mate1.com. A Yahoo Messenger romance bloomed, at least in the 68-year-old Frampton's mind (Frampton's ex-wife was a self-described 'physics groupie'). But before starting their perfect life together, fake Denise asked Frampton for one little favor — would he be so kind as to bring her a bag that she had left in La Paz, Bolivia? Yep, bad idea. The UNC Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy soon found himself in a Buenos Aries prison, charged with transporting two kilos of cocaine into Argentina. Currently serving a four years and eight months sentence under house arrest, Frampton reportedly continues to supervise his two current PhD students by phone, and still finds time to post to the Physics archive."
let the personal Indictments on evidence presented by media coverage begin .... now!
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It's hard to believe that he could really be that oblivious to how the real world works. The messages he sent from Bolivia where he talks about the value of cocaine, and evading authorities, don't help his case, either.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Do you, you... Feel like I do?
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
I'm having trouble understanding this. He is an educated man, a Ph.D. no less. He is a man of maturity with a lifetime of experience. And yet he somehow thinks that a white bikini model wants his 68 year old shriveled cock? How do you even get to that point? Educated people don't do this. Did we fact-check this story for a hoax, because it's a good chance that it is.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
This is a sad tale -- but a good example of how being book smart doesn't translate into being street smart. :-/
Rand Paul, start another filibuster about legalizing drugs.
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You have no credibility
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
In order to really understand this story, you need to Google Denise Milani.
Here are a few results:
http://www.denisemilani.com/
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Denise_Milani's_breasts
http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/denise-milani
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
Yeah, those guys with low UIDs are freaks.
Hugh Hefner. 86 years old. Don't want to speculate about his cock though.
Privacy is terrorism.
There is no fool like an old fool.
Textbook example of why you need to be cautious of geniuses in their specialty field preaching in fields outside their specialty.
One of the academically smartest people I've ever personally known, simply seems to be missing the social intelligence processor.
As Paul Frampton has now learned.
I thought the bag had only sentimental value. When Denise and I are finally together, I'll learn the truth!
Anyone who loves or hates any language, platform, or manufacturer, doesn't know what they're talking about.
Good point. That's enough to kill off all cognitive functions. I guess the little head just had to take over.
Sure, if she'd been "fifteen", she'd have been a cop, but there are other kinds of trolls out there.
Bill Stewart
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Clearly here is one guy who lacks the sense of curiosity that is supposed to be the hallmark of all physicists. What is in the bag? Is the cat in the bag alive or dead?
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Distrust is the biggest hog of brain resources. Followed by self-doubt. In this unspeakable snob, both modules are reduced to vestigial place-savers.
I did not meet Frampton but In the 80's I knew several of his students. So that's 2 degrees.
All I can say is wow.
This guy not only was a professor, he was one of the guys inventing the thing that eventually became String Theory only at the time it was called Dual Resonance Models. He also wrote a book on QFT that was generally on everyone's suggested reading list. Virtual every high energy physicist has heard of him.
First, all the men on here know the men who say he is stupid are lying.
For the women, if you believe that Frampton is stupid or that the men who say he is stupid really believe that. Let me explain something to you.
1. Men will screw anything. If the only alternative is a female gorilla, he will jump at the chance once she presents her but. Even of her 800 lb gorilla boyfriend is about 20 feet away and bearing down on him, he will jump at the chance. He will just hope to outrun the gorilla.
2. Take every male brain cell in the world, and lump them all into one large male brain. Given the chance to sleep with a women with 39DDD breasts, you will not find one cell in that brain that is working correctly.
Yeah, we make jokes and all, but remember, at least in the Manti Te'o case, a girl who never existed, is dead.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
That's the story I'd use if I was to start muling cocaine across the border like it was 1983 and there was no Patriot Act.
I used to be
You have to admit that we do tend to be a bit eccentric, at best.
I'd be curious to see what percentage of low-UID Slashdotters have been professionally diagnosed with mental illness. To be fair, it's probably not much worse than the goons at Something Awful.
Clearly here is one guy who lacks the sense of curiosity that is supposed to be the hallmark of all physicists. What is in the bag? Is the cat in the bag alive or dead?
Brad Pitt: Aspiring Physicist
Thank you, Edward Snowden.
"Arguments from authority are worthless." —Carl Sagan
We are. But I still feel like a newbie.
I have a long and personally relevant story about how an otherwise reasonably intelligent man can allow himself to be fooled by a younger attractive woman. I'll outline it here.
He gave in to the temptation to see escorts. He met one who he started seeing regularly, and after a while she told him she was getting out of the business but would keep seeing him. By seeing her more regularly, she could get by, financially. When asked she hinted that she might be interested in a relationship, but wanted to get her life sorted out - that she wasn't "ready". She was trying to start a legitimate business first, and wanted to focus on that.
Two years go by. He keeps seeing her. He puts some money towards her business, even some technical assistance. She meets him outside of "work" but only when she wants a favour. They chat online almost every day, and he sees her for the other stuff every couple of weeks. There has been no progress towards a relationship, and he suspects she has a partner who is actually running the (legitimate) business, or is still working, or both.
Despite all this, he still holds out hope. He's aware of the cognitive dissonance, and the doublethink required to stick with it, and has even asked her to just tell him, so they can carry on happily as they are without that false hope. He'd accept that. Despite it all, he genuinely likes and cares for her.
Luckily this post is buried in a reply several deep in an older thread, so I doubt many people will read it and raise eyebrows at the obvious "a friend of mine..." nature of the story.
Sigs are so 1990s. No way would I be seen dead with one.
He knew damn well what was in the bag! After being warned by a friend that it probably had drugs sewn into the lining, he opened it up and (supposedly) decided it was empty. Then he filled it with his own clothes to make it look less suspicious. Kinda hard to miss 2Kg of coke, isn't it? This is a guy that was so delusional he actually thought if he smuggled coke for this Milani chick, that she was going to fall in love with him and marry him... despite the fact that he had never spoken to her in person.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
No wonder he's so naive and creduous.
Not, by the way that anyone deserves punishment for fooling around with drugs. He's naive - punishing people for production, sales, or use of drugs is genuinely evil!
Social Credit would solve everything...
Without knowing much about the truth, I originally suspected exactly what you are saying. Seems to me that when ur caught with kilos of coke, the first thing you do is make up excuses as to why you are not responsible and someone else is. This story sounded exactly like the wild tail someone caught in crime will tell.
You can't have a meaningful dialogue with someone who is lying.
It's not money you are spending, it's your time. This is the classic Gambler's Fallacy with, I dare say, a touch of the "I'm not going to find anything/anyone else". Without knowing more I'm going to take a punt and suggest it's not her you like or care for but an idealisation that you have built. Perhaps a 'potential her' or 'she as she might be'. While you are pouring your life into this you are missing opportunities that might actually bear fruit.
If you are talking about it, that's fantastic. Keep at it. Talk to people you can trust. Part of you is concerned. Nurture that part.
In any event, may I suggest you take a break. Find another escort and see her regularly enough to get over the 'strange and new'. See if and how that changes your perspective and how your current companion reacts.