What is time, and why is quantum mechanics so confusing? RAZOR Conversations: Carlo Rovelli

[@somebody3]

Pretty insightful towards the end, in terms of Einstein being wrong more than most scientists, and simply trying different things until finding ideas that work.

[@bryandraughn9830]

General relativity was published several years after special relativity.

[@WildBillCox13]

Disclaimer: not a scientist. I am an artist. In my view there are two kinds of genius/reasoning: inductive and deductive. Those who conceive and those who refine. Inside of Science as a disciplinary entity I refer to them as Theorists and Engineers, but, objectively, they are Creatives and Extrapolatives, respectively.

[@readthetype]

The problem is *not* quantum mechanics being confusing. The problem is: 1. People are self-centered 2. People have carpy communication skills 3. Put these in an expert, and you end up with a knowledgable individual who assumes “if I find it easy, it must be easy,” or, simply lacks the desire and capacity to communicate their knowledge with others (which describes 99.999…% of academia). For example, I have yet to see a single video that explains “What is a quantum computer?” And the ones out there aren’t just a little bit bad. They’re astonishingly atrocious. Even more vexing, the person who made it thinks they did a great job! This isn’t exclusive to quantum mechanics or academia. It’s a problem with humanity in general. EDIT: Anyone who’s spent any amount of time in academia can attest there’s absolutely no correlation whatsoever between an individuals intelligence and their communication skills.