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I don't know what's supposed to be sad about this story. It's interesting, reassuring even about the high level of scrutiny physicists are in if geniuses like H
by m_mueller 10y ago
I don't know what's supposed to be sad about this story. It's interesting, reassuring even about the high level of scrutiny physicists are in if geniuses like Heisenberg even have such troubles. But sad?
- busyant 10y agoI agree. "Sad" is the wrong adjective. I've seen similar stories take place when I was in grad school. In one instance, a professor wanted to fail a student (in his qualifying exam) b/c he didn't seem to take one of his courses seriously (and showed limited knowledge of this subject area). The prof was willing to let the student re-take the qualifying exam, but he wanted to prevent what he perceived as a student "skating through" the program. I think that's what happened to Heisenberg here. The only reason it's remotely interesting is b/c Heisenberg is a legend and so we all feel like he deserved to be forgiven for his distaste for experimental work.