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Einstein discovered the theory of relativity purely through thought experiments. I don't think he thought those thought experiments are that useful.
by xialvjun 4y ago
Einstein discovered the theory of relativity purely through thought experiments. I don't think he thought those thought experiments are that useful.
- just-tom 4y agoWhy wouldn't Einstein think that his thought experiments are that useful?
- xialvjun 4y agoThought experiments are mostly interesting, hardly to be useful. Something about speed of light, how can we make use of it. Nuclear bombs, he didn't like it. “all models are wrong but some models are useful” tells us just to go find useful models, and the beautiful truth is not important. I don't think it is not important.