Insights Interview with a Physics Mentor: Nugatory - Comments

[Greg Bernhardt]

greg-bernhardt submitted a new PF Insights post

Interview with a Physics Mentor: Nugatory

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[DrClaude]

Although my then-girlfriend didn’t form quite the right mental image when she heard that I was “hacking on the Eunuchs’ colonel”.

Priceless!

 

[atyy]

So what is the logically coherent principle behind the lack of protection for shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre?

 

[collinsmark]

So what is the logically coherent principle behind the lack of protection for shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater

 

[trigger701]

I like this passage:

"This sense that clarity and completeness come from working through the hard corner cases… That’s applicable everywhere in life."

Great little motivator.

P.S How do I quote something properly from the actual interview?

 

[Chestermiller]

What a wonderfully interesting story! I might comment that, for some reason, I always pictured you living and working in England. Go figure.