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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by bogdanstanciu on Monday April 10, 2023 @12:33PM (#35514172)
probably mix up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by naikrovek on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:25PM (#35514793)
ah, now I get it. sorta.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by GistNoesis on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:44PM (#35515008)
I would have guessed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Hofstadter fictional character of the TV show Big Bang Theory that usually attract physics enthusiasts, but your guess is better.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by throwaway81523 on Monday April 10, 2023 @04:41PM (#35517143)
I thought of Robert Hofstadter, who won the Nobel physics prize in 1961 and was Douglas Hofstadter's father.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by taylodl on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:19PM (#35517516)
I did not know that!
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by taylodl on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:28PM (#35516343)
Yes. That's who I get her confused with. Gödel, Escher, Bach was an incredible book for me to read early on in my career.
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