Emily VelascoMar 17

I once told a friend of mine that I'm agnostic about quantum physics because we can't see it or feel it with our own senses and we have to use elaborate rituals conducted by a special class of people who say "we have the esoteric knowledge to interpret all of this" and that that's not that different than religious belief.

He got mad at me.

Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 18
@MLE_online I hope it was a string theorist. They're my favorite to harangue.
Show threadEmily VelascoMar 18
@tankgrrl no, he's just some guy who really likes physics, more than i realized at the time
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 18
@MLE_online At my old job/position I enjoyed the botheration of making 'there are a lot of good physicists in this building, and also some string theorists' type comments.
Show threadEmily VelascoMar 18
@tankgrrl they were probably so steamed
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 18
@MLE_online They were physicists. Hard to tell. ;) Being a 'lowly engineer' it was still fun,.
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowMar 18
@tankgrrl @MLE_online Kicking string theorists is an evergreen hobby of theoretical physicists more generally, they're probably used to it by now. Doesn't mean it's not funny as hell to do, though.
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 18
@xgranade @MLE_online 'Oh! Loop quantum gravity. Like on that Big Bang Theory show. You must love Sheldon.' 😈
Show threadEmily Velasco
@tankgrrl @xgranade When I tell people where I work, they say that, too. They are always disappointed when I say I don't like that show
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