TechTakes

1769 readers

83 users here now

Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

For actually-good tech, you want our NotAwfulTech community

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

dgerard@awful.systems

I am rich and have no idea what to do (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 3 months ago by sue_me_please@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

47 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is a twofer:

The article itself
HN's take on it

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I love that video because until I watched it, I didn't realise how much of a thing it was. Physics seems to be a magnet for the "iamverysmart" types; I feel sorry for actual physicists

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It is a field that attracts a lot of cranks (who are pretty recognizable as being cranks via various patterns). Being a well known physicist must be hell.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don't even have to be well-known to get crank attention. Post anything with "quantum" in the title on the arXiv and they'll find your e-mail.

Source: this is one of the few times when I can say "trust me, bro" and be entirely sincere about it

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

Had no idea it was worse. Damn.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (4 replies)