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The Geek's Raven
[An excerpt, with thanks to Marcus Bales]

Once upon a midnight dreary,
fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

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Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Do Chemists believe in "space-time"?

Now, I realize there are some "relativistic" effects in the field of quantum relativistic chemistry. However, I'm not sure there couldn't be other explanations for some, if not all of these effects. So, as a group, do chemists "buy" the whole special theory of relativity -- time is a dimension like space, time is distorted by gravity, time slows down at high speeds, time stops at the speed of light? Physicists, of course, believe in all aspects of relativity theory religiously. Quite religiously, actually. It's a cult. Anyone questioning relativity is a "confirmed relativity denier" and must be shunned. They are unclean. Lately, since GPS became commonly employed, engineers have climbed aboard the relativity bandwagon, as well. Since, at times anyway, 30 microsecond an hour corrections are necessary for GPS to function, and these are roughly correlated with relativistic predictions. And, since relativity is used to sell their products, engineers love relativity. But, what's the perspective of chemists, here? Your investment in relativity theory is minimal. Do you believe in it?

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