When did that quote show up?

[Moonbear]

How long has it been there at the top of the screen? I just noticed it above the banner:

"In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you." - Frank Wilczek

It's a good quote, just wondering how long I've been oblivious to it?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

It's been up for about 15 minutes

 

[Gokul43201]

Nice ! Will that keep changing ?

 

[Pengwuino]

Gosh moonbear, really on the ball :P

 

[Moonbear]

It's been up for about 15 minutes

Ah, that's why I never noticed it before. I was afraid you were going to tell me it's been there since the upgrade to the new skin. I second Gokul's question...will it change from time to time? A physics quote of the day might be too much to ask for, but maybe a new one each week or month?

 

[Monique]

I don't get the quote, what is it supposed to mean?

 

[Moonbear]

I don't get the quote, what is it supposed to mean?

It's humor...I interpret it as a comment on the difficulty of studying natural processes, somewhat like my Harvard Law of Animal Behavior signature suggested (though I don't have that signature anymore...oops).

 

[Gokul43201]

I don't get the quote, what is it supposed to mean?

It speaks of the immense difficulty behind modelling natural phenomena mathematically, especially if you want to be accurate. Another quote that reflects this sentiment is due to Einstein : "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Nice ! Will that keep changing ?

We'll see, maybe we can make it votable, that would be kinda fun.

 

[marlon]

We'll see, maybe we can make it votable, that would be kinda fun.

How about the members come up with a quote every week or so.

I have one :

"explaining something difficult in a difficult language is easy ;
explaining something difficult in an easy language is difficult"

Just a suggestion

marlon

 

[Andre]

Quotes with the same gist could have been:

"Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact."

Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895

or was it:

"The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact"

Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895