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Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Science v. physics

At lunch the other day:

Senior physicist (string theorist, multiverse lover): The definition of "science" was invented to satisfy Marxism. It has nothing to do with modern physics.

Me: Or, you could say that modern physics has nothing to do with science.

Senior physicist:

Sighhhhh.
Posted by B. at 13:20

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