Physical theories as women

By Kent on March 27, 2007 7:16 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | View blog reactions

A couple of examples from McSweeney's Internet Tendency (link found originally at The Daily Dish)1:

0. Newtonian gravity is your high-school girlfriend. As your first encounter with physics, she's amazing. You will never forget Newtonian gravity, even if you're not in touch very much anymore.

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4. General relativity is your high-school girlfriend all grown up. Man, she is amazing. You sort of regret not keeping in touch. She hates quantum mechanics for obscure reasons.

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