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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence In case anyone else had no idea what the parent was t

by eric_h 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence In case anyone else had no idea what the parent was talking about.

groby_b 9y ago
I still have no idea :) Wikipedia on Quantum Physics is usually pretty atrocious, and this page is no exception. It reads like... well, nerds showing off knowledge. (There's nothing wrong with that, but unless you're already pretty steeped in things quantum, the page is jargon without meaning) A more readable summary: http://whystringtheory.com/toolbox/ads-cft/ http://whystringtheory.com/toolbox/ads-cft/
- aisofteng 9y ago
  That's because it's an encyclopedia, not a romance novel.
  - dzamo_norton 9y ago
    There's a point there that is obscured by the overreach to "romance novel": it's because it's a one-page encyclopedia article on a highly-technical and esoteric subject not a 300-page introductory textbook to be studied over the course of a year. Then again "If someone cannot explain something in plain English, then we should question whether they really do themselves understand what they profess." - Richard Feynmann
    - wiz21c 9y ago
      >>> If someone cannot explain something in plain English This does not mean : "in plain English and in five minutes".
    - coldtea 9y ago
      >Then again "If someone cannot explain something in plain English, then we should question whether they really do themselves understand what they profess." - Richard Feynmann Being able to explain it doesn't mean the recipient will be able to understand the explanation. Richard Feynman has all sorts of explanations in his books and lectures that are still beyond most people's understanding.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago
  > Wikipedia on Quantum Physics is usually pretty atrocious, and this page is no exception. It reads like... well, nerds showing off knowledge. Indeed. Wikipedia on math in general is useless unless you already understand it.
  - alimw 9y ago
    It's probably not something I should advertise, but a lot of my maths I learned from Wikipedia.
  - tmearnest 9y ago
    I view it as a reference mainly. It's usually not very helpful for learning, unless the subject is trivial.

by eric_h 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence In case anyone else had no idea what the parent was talking about.

groby_b 9y ago

I still have no idea :) Wikipedia on Quantum Physics is usually pretty atrocious, and this page is no exception. It reads like... well, nerds showing off knowledge. (There's nothing wrong with that, but unless you're already pretty steeped in things quantum, the page is jargon without meaning) A more readable summary: http://whystringtheory.com/toolbox/ads-cft/ http://whystringtheory.com/toolbox/ads-cft/

aisofteng 9y ago
That's because it's an encyclopedia, not a romance novel.
- dzamo_norton 9y ago
  There's a point there that is obscured by the overreach to "romance novel": it's because it's a one-page encyclopedia article on a highly-technical and esoteric subject not a 300-page introductory textbook to be studied over the course of a year. Then again "If someone cannot explain something in plain English, then we should question whether they really do themselves understand what they profess." - Richard Feynmann
  - wiz21c 9y ago
    >>> If someone cannot explain something in plain English This does not mean : "in plain English and in five minutes".
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >Then again "If someone cannot explain something in plain English, then we should question whether they really do themselves understand what they profess." - Richard Feynmann Being able to explain it doesn't mean the recipient will be able to understand the explanation. Richard Feynman has all sorts of explanations in his books and lectures that are still beyond most people's understanding.
PhasmaFelis 9y ago
> Wikipedia on Quantum Physics is usually pretty atrocious, and this page is no exception. It reads like... well, nerds showing off knowledge. Indeed. Wikipedia on math in general is useless unless you already understand it.
- alimw 9y ago
  It's probably not something I should advertise, but a lot of my maths I learned from Wikipedia.
- tmearnest 9y ago
  I view it as a reference mainly. It's usually not very helpful for learning, unless the subject is trivial.