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He also * believed in astrology * denied Avogadro’s number (???) * practiced telepathy * didn’t believe in HIV causing AIDs * didn’t believe in climate cha
by churchturing 2y ago
He also
* believed in astrology
* denied Avogadro’s number (???)
* practiced telepathy
* didn’t believe in HIV causing AIDs
* didn’t believe in climate change
* didn’t believe in the ozone hole
While he certainly had incredible intelligence, clearly him believing something isn’t a hugely convincing reasoning.
disclaimer: i am a person who believes in Avogadro’s number and not astrology. truly an intellectual outcast and rebel
- dekhn 2y agohe didn't deny avogadro's number so much as say that its definition was somewhat arbitrary. IIRC he made the comment before the modern redefinition of SI units. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_revision_of_the_SI#Mass_and_the_Avogadro_constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_revision_of_the_SI#Mass_a... for more details about the ongoing issues associated with absolute numeric counts of elements and their association with mass.
- churchturing 2y agothis is useful context, thanks. would edit my prior comment but it is no longer editable. after some more research it seems his comments on the matter were reasonable