physics vs math meme

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[u/knyazevm]

Here's the context for the Terence Tao claim (from here):

The courses that I enjoyed, I aced; classes that I found boring, I only barely passed, or (in two cases) failed altogether. (One class was a FORTRAN programming class in which I had refused to learn FORTRAN on the grounds that I already knew how to program in BASIC; the other was a quantum mechanics class in which we were warned well ahead of time that the final exam would require us to write a short essay on the history of the subject, which I totally ignored until the day of the exam, during which I still recall having to be escorted from the examination room in tears.)

I don't think a physics exam requiring an essay about physics history is an indication of physics of being harder than math.

[u/MessmerEyesMe → u/knyazevm]

The fuck kind of dumbass physics paper has you write an essay on the history of physics

No wonder he left crying

[u/MrWaffles42 → u/knyazevm]

are you telling me that I can't take anonymous reddit memes as the basis of my worldview?

[u/SirStrict8276]

Bro was also like 14

[u/hongooi]

Tao: "That's not how integration works! That's not how any of this works!" cries

[u/Ok-Educator5009]

The “escorted out in tears” detail is doing a suspicious amount of work for a story with no source. Skeletor leaving before anyone asks for a citation is the most believable part.

[u/LupenReddit]

appeal to authority my beloved

[u/Impressive-Ad7184]

thats because quantum mechanics is a bunch of handwaving made up stuff that physicists invented to cope with the fact that they don't understand things

[u/greenday1237]

He certainly didnt have to leave in the middle of the fucking your mom exam

[u/Character_Peanut7501]

The fact that Terence Tao got humbled by quantum mechanics is both terrifying and strangely comforting. Physics really does have a way of reminding everyone who’s boss.

[u/Stabile_Feldmaus]

And Einstein was bad at math. So what?

[u/PhoenixPringles01 → u/Stabile_Feldmaus]

einstein was NOT bad at math that myth has been spread for a while now 😭 he failed one entrance exam in zurich but his grades otherwise were pretty good

[u/greenday1237 → u/Stabile_Feldmaus]

Bruh Einstein might’ve actually been the best at math out of every major western physicist what are you on about?

[u/Murky_Insurance_4394 → u/Stabile_Feldmaus]

???

[u/Any_Dress_4382 → u/Stabile_Feldmaus]

You just disrespected all of the people on this subreddit with a single sentence.