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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by contravariant on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:23AM (#36811761)
I sometimes wonder what it would look like if a time traveller became stranded in the past and needed to advance physics by several decades in order to build a device to return home.

Einstein ticks quite a few of the boxes.

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by dingaling on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:26AM (#36811784)
Perhaps he was an avatar of one of the universe simulator's programmers, giving us a nudge to move the scenario along.
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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by danudey on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:27PM (#36815813)
Like using a cheat code to buff one of your units in a video game.
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