It’s always fun to read about dissension at the top: Vatican cardinals divided over the next pope, the White House split on health care reform. Now, an entertaining paper that shows surprising fissures among some of the world’s top physicists. The authors asked 33
researchers for their opinions about 16 foundational questions in quantum mechanics. The results showed they differ widely on most topics, except for one: Einstein. No fewer than 64 percent of respondents felt comfortable saying his views on quantum mechanics were wrong.
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Interesting...64 percent question Einstein's views on Quantum Physics. This sounds like the proper role of scientists to always question and challenge established thought.
But wait, Climate Science is settled. Stop asking questions and challenging the views of climate hucksters (I mean scientists).
Belief without proof is faith. Faith is good to have but it is not science.
I wish the article had provided specifics on the dissent from Einstein.
Einstein's views on quantum mechanics are not "established thought" - quite the contrary. It's well-known that Einstein took the wrong view on quantum mechanics. When the theory was in early development, he rejected it, famously saying "God does not play dice." Today, it is the most tested theory in physics, and no prediction of the theory, howver bizarre or hard-to-accept, has been shown to be wrong. It is universally accepted by physicists.
Einstein's contributions on special and general relativity, however, are established thought. No reasonable physicist would question them, because they are too well- tested to admit of much doubt. Same with climate change, sorry to say.