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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

i continue to have no idea why this is but it’s always been weird to me how much better physicists are than mathematicians at naming things. mathematicians study “riemannian manifolds” or “shimura varieties” or whatever and physicists study “lasers” and “black holes” twitter.com/liminal_warmth

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Even within physics, some are better than others. Plasma physicists: “Birkeland currents” Astrophysicists: “magnetic ropes”

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

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things just shouldn't be named after people i think is the lesson here

9:33 PM · Sep 24, 2020Twitter Web App

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What if we started making people after things, just in case they name things after themselves

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*making → naming

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