Querysphinx Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Mathematical proof slows traffic cop's roll Chris Hayes reports on the relatively complex mathematical proof presented by a physics professor to refute a ticket he received for running a stop sign. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/47068574#47068574 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! Wasn't that a The Far Side cartoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverhawk Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! Mathematical proof slows traffic cop's roll Chris Hayes reports on the relatively complex mathematical proof presented by a physics professor to refute a ticket he received for running a stop sign. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/47068574#47068574 And after getting out of the ticket then went and published his paper for peer review You can use this link to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! "Mark this well, you proud men of action! You are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought." -Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! "Mark this well' date=' you proud men of action! You are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought." -Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel[/quote'] Boy. The moment one of those comes along, we'll all be in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! I am one, but I can't be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! A long time ago I remember a judge ruling that the laws of physics did not necessarily apply in New Jersey. Obviously this is a different judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! ... Whut? What was the case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Re: Science for the Win! My memory is that it was a traffic ticket of some sort, where a physicist was trying to get out of a ticket issued in a local trap. The judge was just part of the local revenue-collection stream and worded his opinion in a particularly obnoxious way. We speculated that he had hated his college physics instructor and was getting back at the entire discipline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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