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I did not get this joke when I read it just now, so I googled and saw it was a math book.dkotschessaa said:For Sale. Baby Rudin. Never read.
Review said:Finally, some people complain about the level of abstraction, which let me just say is not that high. If you want to see abstraction grab a copy of Spanier's 'Algebraic Topology' and stare at it for about an hour. Then open 'Baby Rudin' up again. I promise you the feeling you get when you sit in a hottub for like twenty minutes and then jump back in the pool. Invigorating.
First, the author made an error about spins, the standard USB is spin-1/2, not spin-2.Hawksteinman said:
He should no longer be in pressure. Just a little chip from his shoulder should fix it.davenn said:
It sounds like some version of the Copenhagen interpretation of QM.mfb said:Everyone is the center of their own observable universe.
mfb said:Everyone is the center of their own observable universe.
Messieurs, précision, s.v.p.! The joke says the center and as there is none, it remains true.Demystifier said:It sounds like some version of the Copenhagen interpretation of QM.
There is the center of your observable universe, and this center is you. This has nothing to do with quantum mechanics.fresh_42 said:The joke says the center and as there is none, it remains true.
Yes, but observable restricts the statement to a subclass, which wasn't part of the assertion. It was this subclass, which relates not to QM, but to the famous family of its interpretations.mfb said:There is the center of your observable universe, and this center is you. This has nothing to do with quantum mechanics.
It was in my post.fresh_42 said:Yes, but observable restricts the statement to a subclass, which wasn't part of the assertion.
My Grandad, born 1900,( mums father) just missed seeing Halley twice, say it when 10 yrs old in 1910.Greg Bernhardt said: