Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppenheimer?

Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by skybrian on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:03AM (#36810838)

“No Einstein” is often used as a put-down so it sounds insulting, but here I think it’s literally comparing his achievements to Einstein? Coming off second-best in that contest isn’t as much of a dishonor as it sounds.

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by crossroadsguy on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:15AM (#36810906)

I think "You are good, even though you are no Einstein" or just "You are no Einstein" is complement enough.

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by sgtnoodle on Friday July 21, 2023 @07:46AM (#36812704)

I took high school AP physics without the prerequisites, and managed to do well in it. An underclassman took it after I graduated, and apparently the teacher would goad him on by saying that exactly, but compared to me rather than Einstein. Years later on the other side of the country, I was walking down the hallway at the rocket factory I worked at. I saw that guy sitting alone in a conference room, and he was interviewing for a job! On sight, he shook his fist and cursed my name, declaring me his nemesis! I took him out to lunch, but made him pick up the check...

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by aidenn0 on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:12AM (#36813352)

Yeah, I mean Phil Rizzuto was no Babe Ruth, but he's still in the Hall of Fame.

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