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I think I dislike this blog post for many reasons, if nothing else because this guy's understanding of the history of physics seems a little off. Einstein discovered the photoelectric effect in 1905, which did in some ways continue the experiments that would pave the way for modern quantum theory, but was really more known for special and general relativity, which still are being reconciled with quantum theory. To cast Einstein as someone who "couldn't adapt" to the consequences of his earlier works or who was "cast into obscurity" after the 1930's seems ignorant at best. While the Copenhagen interpretation seems to be the prevailing view in academia now, to belittle Einstein as almost a luddite in the face of the quantum revolution seems to under estimate how strange and questionable "spooky action at a distance" was at the time, especially in the face of thought experiments such as the EPR paradox.

I also find the comparison of the quantum revolution in physics to the flash in the pan shiny apps that seem to come and go every couple of years also very questionable. To compare Facebook "as a platform" to the gravity of quantum mechanics seems rather insulting to the Physicists of the early 20th century.



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