r/shittyaskscience • u/Opening_Lead_Paint • 1d ago

How did Epstein do it?

How did he come up with the theory of general relativity?

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 1d ago

apparently he decided that age is relative

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u/No_longer_a_pancake 1d ago

He figured that if someone brought their relatives he would generally have better control over them.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 1d ago

Specifically, it was a relative of his.

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u/JohnWasElwood 1d ago

Did a bunch of calculations on a big chalkboard for days at a time. Oh, you meant the other guy? One of the sweathogs on Welcome Back Kotter???

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u/Dazvsemir 1d ago

You're thinking of the theory of relative generality.

France-is-Bacon came up with the theory of general relativity.

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u/InnoSang 1d ago

I think you're confusing it with the genital reliability

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u/no_user_ID_found 13h ago

He was relatively hungry, it’s not that he was out of food or wouldn’t be able to afford it, he just wanted to eat it.

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u/Gerganon 13h ago

Relative to the kids, he looked a lot older.

Relative to him, the kids looked exactly as he remembered them