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Speaking of causality, Wilczek had been a professor for 4 years before the first delayed choice experiment was proposed (1974 vs. 1978), which would normally di
by CaptainNegative 4y ago
Speaking of causality, Wilczek had been a professor for 4 years before the first delayed choice experiment was proposed (1974 vs. 1978), which would normally disqualify him from being a TA/AI. Not doubting your experience, but I don't understand the timeline here. Were you using "delayed choice" to more broadly mean "which way" experiments?
As an aside, Jeff Bezos had a very similar experience with his physics TA: https://youtu.be/eFnV6EM-wzY https://youtu.be/eFnV6EM-wzY .
- dilippkumar 4y agoAs an outsider who enjoys a certain flavor of conspiracy theories, your confusion about a timeline involving a professor investigating delayed choice experiments tickles me.
- divs1210 4y agoReminds me of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency.
- drc500free 4y agoHe was my recitation instructor at MIT circa 2002/2003. It was very confusing to have a recitation instructor win a Nobel prize a couple years later, I had no idea who he was until 2004. Thinking back, he was probably just running recitations for fun and to find future phd's, not grading assignments.
- a9h74j 4y agoDid he act at all like he had already won a Nobel prize? I want to rule out time travel.
- drc500free 4y agoHaha, I very much doubt his behavior changed in the slightest. He knew how the universe works at a deep level, and was so excited to have others learn about it too.
- cycomanic 4y agoAlso note that he has become very involved in research into physics (and stem) education in the later parts of his career (and has done some interesting stuff in this space as well).
- zamfi 4y agoAt MIT in early Physics courses TAs are other professors, not the usual graduate students. Definitely atypical.