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reminds me of this joke from a lecture Lawrence Krauss gave in 2009 of his work in 'A Universe From Nothing': > it was made after the discovery that on a log l
by justifier 9y ago
reminds me of this joke from a lecture Lawrence Krauss gave in 2009 of his work in 'A Universe From Nothing':
> it was made after the discovery that on a log log plot everything is a straight line(o)
i'd recommend the entire lecture, but definitely at least check out the anecdote this joke bookends
it is about hubble's original 1929 embarrassing failed attempt to calculate the rate of the expansion of the universe(i)
(o) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&t=18m25s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&t=18m25s
(i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&t=12m55s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&t=12m55s
- azernik 9y agoThe version I've heard is "everything on a log log plot in a sufficiently thick marker".