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Our understanding of the world is so advanced that revolutionary changes are bound to be rarer and when they do happen they're understood by a tiny fraction of
by amusedcyclist 5y ago
Our understanding of the world is so advanced that revolutionary changes are bound to be rarer and when they do happen they're understood by a tiny fraction of the population. In fact most people have absolutely no idea what Einstein did. He was indeed a great scientist, but to the average person Einstein is a just an idea of a genius, they were never touched by his work. I studied physics in undergrad and I barely understand anything about GR, though i have some understanding of the historical context so i guess that gives me a bit of appreciation for what he did
- ineedasername 5y agoIn fact most people have absolutely no idea what Einstein did He invented the atomic bomb.
- ekimekim 5y agoLeo Szilard [1] is generally credited as coming up with the concept of a fission bomb. He enlisted the help of Einstein, who had political clout, to bring it to the attention of the US government [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilard [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_...
- ineedasername 5y agoSorry, I should have appended an "/s" to my comment. Einstein is associated in a loose fashion, and therefore by name recognition often credited by laypeople-- to creating the atom bomb, but has much less to do with it than many other people apart from theoretical groundwork related to the energies involved in mass. (to greatly simplify things)
- pharke 5y ago> Our understanding of the world is so advanced that revolutionary changes are bound to be rarer Didn't physicists say exactly the same thing before Einstein?