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Ep 173: Brett Talks Twitter 2

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Physicists Get Upset When They Receive Emails About Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Physicists are first people to get upset with receiving emails or reading blog posts about how some engineer has used an algebraic method to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity. And because they don't carefully think about it, by that I mean really connect with people who've made advances on this before, it's like they're not working. "It is silly," says physicist and author David Wheeler. 'I can imagine that it can be frustrating for physicists'

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