On a smaller scale, the same thing is done on this relativistic re-skin of Asteroids about 5 years ago: http://playthisthing.com/relativistic-asteroids
Well...I don't think trotting out Einstein's example everytime a theorist makes a surprising claim is very productive. What the parent post was pointing out is that there isn't an absolute correspondence between our mathematical formalisms of physical laws and physical reality itself. Surprising things happen when our experimental limits are pushed...the mathematical model holds or sometimes it breaks. Afterall, Einstein wasn't a science celebrity after the publication of his first papers. It took the startling physical realization of his predictions, namely, the anamoly in Mercury's orbit.
By the way, it's extremely false myth that Einstein was bad at math.
I wouldn't use Kaku's actions as an indicator of intelligence. I've meet the man on many occasions and shameless self-promotion seems to be his modus operandi.
is the graph at he end of the article labeled "How Fusion Works." Apparently we just need to find a way to combine some little grey and black billiard balls into a bundle and we've solved the energy problem! I guess plasma physics ain't rocket science.
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On a smaller scale, the same thing is done on this relativistic re-skin of Asteroids about 5 years ago:
http://playthisthing.com/relativistic-asteroids
Well...I don't think trotting out Einstein's example everytime a theorist makes a surprising claim is very productive. What the parent post was pointing out is that there isn't an absolute correspondence between our mathematical formalisms of physical laws and physical reality itself. Surprising things happen when our experimental limits are pushed...the mathematical model holds or sometimes it breaks. Afterall, Einstein wasn't a science celebrity after the publication of his first papers. It took the startling physical realization of his predictions, namely, the anamoly in Mercury's orbit.
By the way, it's extremely false myth that Einstein was bad at math.
I wouldn't use Kaku's actions as an indicator of intelligence. I've meet the man on many occasions and shameless self-promotion seems to be his modus operandi.
is the graph at he end of the article labeled "How Fusion Works." Apparently we just need to find a way to combine some little grey and black billiard balls into a bundle and we've solved the energy problem! I guess plasma physics ain't rocket science.