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Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought Einstein coined 'spooky action' sarcastically, to try and point out that it was absurd and violated his theories. I guess ther
by alanctgardner2 14y ago
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought Einstein coined 'spooky action' sarcastically, to try and point out that it was absurd and violated his theories. I guess there aren't any better, sexy physicist names to put in the headline to attract clicks.
- Scriptor 14y agoI think that's what happend. Schrodinger's cat was also initially conceived to ridicule the idea of quantum superposition.
- ars 14y agoThe name Big Bang was also coined to ridicule the idea.
- stcredzero 14y ago"Star Wars" was used to ridicule Reagan's anti-ballistic missile initiative.
- olalonde 14y agoI had never heard of that so I tried to find a reference and it appears to be true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Etymology
- ISL 14y agoPoisson's (Arago's) Spot was meant as ridicule, and ultimately became one of the definitive experiments to justify the wave theory of light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arago_spot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arago_spot Amaze your friends! Shoot light through steel ball bearings with a laser pointer.