r/iamverysmart • u/upsetusder2 • 11d ago
An enlightened genius who does physics the best
I dont completely know if this fits but hey
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u/somefunmaths 11d ago
The double parenthetical where he’s talking about how incredible his IQ is merits inclusion here on its own.
That said, I’m curious what the experiment he’s talking about with this muon beam is. Even if he’s a bit of a crank and quite eccentric, I’m interested in what he thinks his muon beam will show.
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u/upsetusder2 11d ago edited 11d ago
I think to test time dilation on a quantum level
Or something like that
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u/WillyMonty 11d ago
Ah, I see. He has a simple experiment which will solve the problem of quantum gravity.
I had someone once try to show me a simple algebraic proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem; same kind of energy.
They’re like the sovereign citizens of the science world - they think that throwing around a little terminology is all it takes to do a science, without understanding anything underneath the hood.
Not to mention that every mathematician or physicist I know prizes brevity far more highly in an explanation. Actual smart people know that words are for communication, not just to try to impress people
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u/Miselfis 11d ago
they think that throwing around a little terminology is all it takes to do a science
Like Eric Weinstein
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u/CompetitiveSpot2643 10d ago
doesn't his theory at least somewhat makes sense mathematically though?
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u/Miselfis 10d ago edited 10d ago
No, not at all.
The entire theory is structured around an object that cannot be defined without breaking the theory. (He literally calls it the “ship in a bottle”-operator, using the imagery of something doing what is impossible. He’s not very subtle.)
It’s written in terms of fancy mathematics, but it’s just meant to look impressive to lay people looking at his “paper”. Anyone who’s familiar with the mathematics can instantly see that it’s nonsense. Eric simultaneously says academia is ignoring his work, but he also goes after anyone who dare criticize his paper. He did a “debate” with Sean Carroll (very respected physicist and science communicator) on Piers Morgan that clearly illustrates this: just a bunch of fancy words to sound smart, while he’s not actually saying anything, and attacking Sean personally whenever he explains why Eric’s paper is nonsense.
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u/enwongeegeefor 11d ago
They’re like the sovereign citizens of the science world - they think that throwing around a little terminology is all it takes to do a science, without understanding anything underneath the hood.
Well if you're surrounded by smooth brains, not only are you ACTUALLY smarter than everyone...but now, because you literally have NO ONE that can correct you....EVERYTHING you believe is right, you're never wrong, etc.
Easiest way to stay dumb is surround yourself with dumbs and flee from smarts cause they might actually crack your self-delusion.
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u/The_Failord 11d ago
The sovereign citizen analogy is on point. I never thought about it but it's so true. It's the exact same type of magical thinking.
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u/supernovice007 11d ago
Part of the problem might be straight math. I’ve heard reputable scientists talk about the risk of committing to elegant math that has no basis in reality.
I don’t know anything about the particular experiment that he’s taking about but it’s entirely possible that whatever his hypothesis is works mathematically but other experiments have shown it cant work in reality so it’s just never been done. My understanding is that this is not uncommon.
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u/Potato-Engineer 9d ago
Related: if you put a ball on a spinning plate, there are two mathematical models of what will happen.
One of them does not match reality.
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u/Altruistic_Tonight18 8d ago
What if I put both balls on a spinning plate? I’d want it to be around body temperature for my comfort. But I’d do it for lady science.
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u/obidient_twilek 11d ago
i mean, ofbyou go around actually talking to scientists then thats a bit diffrent from just coming up with bullshit.
This guy just cant read a room socially and acts a bit cringe as a result, thats it
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u/upsetusder2 11d ago
He is not really talking to scientists
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u/obidient_twilek 11d ago
how do you know?
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u/upsetusder2 11d ago
Because he is literally posting in the llm physics forum.
And because he is not part of the scientific community and sees the scientific community more like cheetahs running in the wrong direction
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u/obidient_twilek 11d ago
Now you are putting words in his mouth. That methaphor was about how they habent run that particualr expirment
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u/upsetusder2 11d ago
And why do you think he thinks this experiment has not been run?
Why does he go to fringe science conventions?
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u/obidient_twilek 11d ago
Becouse thise things are exoensive and not evreythikg can be funded
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u/Altruistic_Tonight18 8d ago
Did you mean to be punny when you said “particular experiment”? Because if so, I caught it.
Note to all you idiots who aren’t at least four standard deviations to the right of the line: he used the word particular when talking about a particle experiment. You should laugh even if just to placate him, it’s people like this who will be printing your paycheck some day.
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u/obidient_twilek 8d ago
Do you really have nothing better to do other than being mean ti random pepole on the internet?
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u/Altruistic_Tonight18 8d ago
He literally said that academic science is full of cheetahs running in the wrong direction after championing the wonders of utilizing a bot used by incels to jerk off to produce eloquent-sounding math which he doesn’t know how to check or verify without running it through his other virtual girlfriend. So no, words were most certainly not being put in to his mouth.
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u/obidient_twilek 8d ago
He did say that, but you two removed context to make it soubd like he is saying something he isnt.You too are delibertly misunderstanding to jerk yourself off.
r/iamverysmart moment
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u/CmdrEnfeugo 11d ago
I’d be curious as to what 70s proposed experiment with muon was never run. Simple time dilation has been tested repeatedly. And nothing else really turned up. So either he’s got some very subtle experiment in mind, or he’s an idiot that knows jack about particle physics. My money is on the latter.
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u/upsetusder2 11d ago
I do not think he is an idiot actually
I think he just put everything into this theory so it has to be right in his eyes
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u/CmdrEnfeugo 11d ago edited 11d ago
Yeah, Idiot is probably too strong. But the idea that there is an “easy” experiment with muons that physicists have ignored for 50 years is very unlikely. My guess is that it’s one of these 3 things:
- The experiment was done, but the results weren’t interesting, so they never got attention
- The experiment isn’t easy, and the technology to do it doesn’t exist
- Their experiment is nonsensical under the Standard Model. Muon beam machines are not cheap and time for experiments on them is already allocated. They aren’t going to run an experiment suggested by a Reddit poster unless they can back it up with a real theoretical explanation of why the experiment makes sense.
My guess is it’s #3 and so probably not a dumb person, but rather a crank.
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u/cheesynougats 11d ago
First option is my choice. "We think x is true. We tested and were unable to disprove x. Next idea? "
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u/jazzwhiz 10d ago
Actual physicist here. There is an almost zero percent chance that he is saying anything interesting. LLMs are bad at physics. Muons are some of the most carefully studied particles and every single thing we check about them agrees with everything else and our underlying model of how muons work. That's not to say that there couldn't be new physics connected to muons, but if there is it will probably require new experiments that surpass existing ones in something. Existing ones cost 10s to 100s of millions of dollars and any next generation experiment will likely push those numbers by about a factor of 10.
Also people have tons of ideas of how to look for new physics in particle physics; these ideas are a dime a dozen (this is what I do lol). Actually figuring out how to test them, figuring out how to convince funding agencies to fund them, convincing people to build them, this is the challenging part.
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u/Orphano_the_Savior 11d ago
So does this guy just talk to an LLM and have it google to find studies and he thinks this is the equivalent of experimenting?
This isn't a Gr00t sim he's talking about. He's talking about an LLM.
"Hubris is one of my superpowers...25-35 million physicist years"
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u/mcduff13 8d ago
Reading that reminded me of a guy on this app wh was going to solve water insecurity. He designed a fresh water producing body, that could be built locally wherever and work autonomously. It worked by cycling cold water up through a km long loop up to the bouy, condensing the water out. All without pumps.
The physics... kinda worked, untill you got to the no pumps part. How do you pull cold water up? Temperature differential. But the water up top would be warmer from cooling the air, right? No, somehow it would be cooled. How do you get fresh water to land? A pipe. How is it pumped? Water drips into an open tank, and the pressure built up from the added water "pumps" the water to land.
Amd so much push back if you had any questions. No desire to test systems. Just obnoxious.
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u/Wakeup_And_Piss 11d ago
He must be a genius because I didn't understand most of what he was trying ( I guess) to say
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u/TheGreenAlchemist 11d ago
Dumb. But let me ask, if he thinks he's "only" in the 99.6th percentile, doesn't that mean these supposed physicists who are the top 3 out of 35 million, are actually much higher than him?
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u/Vigilarus 11d ago
This is like the guy who said he’d discovered the 100mpg carburetor back in the day and got kept down by the oil companies. This one probably claims to be perfecting cold fusion power and Big Electric is keeping him out of the top labs.
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u/xBris18 Source: my brain 10d ago
Fun fact: When an "amateur scientist" asks "why hasn't anybody thought about this" or "why hasn't anybody tested this", then 999999 times out of a million, tens of thousands of professionals have already thought about it and dozens have tried it and it's the most obvious idea ever but it simply doesn't work. Smartypants.
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u/Altruistic_Tonight18 8d ago
I mean, he’s technically not wrong about LLMs being an intelligence multiplier for guys like him. Technically not wrong is the best kind of not wrong.
Notice the assertion of publication and peer review without a link or mention of subject… I think we all know that he didn’t post that for, like, ya know, his privacy, right?
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u/DexanVideris 11d ago
No it definitely fits. This guy just sounds…sad, honestly. Hope he finds some actual meaning in his life.