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Pink Floyd might not have gotten their prism exactly right, but this is the official poster of the Swiss section of the Physics Olympiad 
Rather interesting Physics Olympiad poster
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The discussion centers around the official poster for the Swiss section of the Physics Olympiad, which features a prism reminiscent of Pink Floyd's iconic imagery, albeit not accurately represented. Participants express concerns about the use of stock images, highlighting issues like advertising, decontextualization, and a lack of cognitive engagement. There's a humorous suggestion that the first question of the Olympiad could involve correcting the poster itself, reflecting a playful critique of the design choices made. The conversation underscores a broader commentary on the quality and relevance of visual representations in educational contexts.
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berkeman
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Do they have an official theme song?
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mcastillo356
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Advertising, decontextualization, espectacularization, lack of cognitive processing aim, are synonyms
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Borek
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Sad reality of stock images, if you check at shutterstock you will see more nonsense examples of exactly the same.
And yes, they should know better.
And yes, they should know better.
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Hornbein
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Ouch.greypilgrim said:Pink Floyd might not have gotten their prism exactly right, but this is the official poster of the Swiss section of the Physics Olympiad
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You've inspired me to the pseudonym RedPilgrim. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
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Bandersnatch
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For all we know, the first question on the olympiad might be 'correct the olympiad poster'.
Similar to the 2024 thread, here I start the 2025 thread. As always it is getting increasingly difficult to predict, so I will make a list based on other article predictions. You can also leave your prediction here.
Here are the predictions of 2024 that did not make it:
Peter Shor, David Deutsch and all the rest of the quantum computing community (various sources)
Pablo Jarrillo Herrero, Allan McDonald and Rafi Bistritzer for magic angle in twisted graphene (various sources)
Christoph...
I believe it was the summer of 2001 that I made a trip to Peru for my work. I was a private contractor doing automation engineering and programming for various companies, including Frito Lay. Frito had purchased a snack food plant near Lima, Peru, and sent me down to oversee the upgrades to the systems and the startup. Peru was still suffering the ills of a recent civil war and I knew it was dicey, but the money was too good to pass up.
It was a long trip to Lima; about 14 hours of airtime...
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