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> Most people don't understand special relativity, but most people recognize the formula E=MC^2 even if they don't know what it means, and can tell you the nam
by riffraff 4y ago
> Most people don't understand special relativity,
but most people recognize the formula E=MC^2 even if they don't know what it means, and can tell you the name of the dude sticking out his tongue in a picture.
Understanding someone's work is orthogonal to them being well known.
- tialaramex 4y agoAnd hey, at least Einstein's equation is something Einstein was both responsible for and proud of - Schrödinger is famous for his thought experiment that's just supposed to show how ridiculous the Copenhagen interpretation is. In popular culture Schrödinger ends up standing for specifically the thing he disagreed with.