Comments on: Einstein with puppet-Einstein http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aram Jahn http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1563078 Aram Jahn Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1563078 This reminds me of an anecdote - I forget where I read it - Einstein was lecturing late in his life at CalTech and cut the lecture short in order to catch Beanie and Cecil. Anyone know a source for that? Point is: dude was into puppets. This reminds me of an anecdote – I forget where I read it – Einstein was lecturing late in his life at CalTech and cut the lecture short in order to catch Beanie and Cecil. Anyone know a source for that?

Point is: dude was into puppets.

]]> By: studentofstone http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1562300 studentofstone Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1562300 Its cute but Proto-shopped. look at the tie and the glow around his head Its cute but Proto-shopped. look at the tie and the glow around his head

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1562108 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1562108 Agreed with the Mark Twain comment.  Agreed with the Mark Twain comment. 

]]> By: Will Bueche http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1562096 Will Bueche Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1562096 Nice, good to know. I shouldn't have trusted the version of history presented on an episode of Sliders. Nice, good to know. I shouldn’t have trusted the version of history presented on an episode of Sliders.

]]> By: conflator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561937 conflator Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561937 Einstein didn't participate in the Manhattan Project*. He was worried enough about Germany developing the a-bomb and using it in the war that he sent the famous letter to Roosevelt, but he didn't work on developing it. Near the end of his life he called the letter his "one great mistake". * I wasn't aware of this, but apparently Vannevar Bush did ask for his advice on separating fissionable materials at one point. Einstein's views on war were well known at the time, though, and he wasn't trusted by the project's leaders to not discuss it. (edited for clarity, and terrible typing) Einstein didn’t participate in the Manhattan Project*. He was worried enough about Germany developing the a-bomb and using it in the war that he sent the famous letter to Roosevelt, but he didn’t work on developing it. Near the end of his life he called the letter his “one great mistake”.

* I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently Vannevar Bush did ask for his advice on separating fissionable materials at one point. Einstein’s views on war were well known at the time, though, and he wasn’t trusted by the project’s leaders to not discuss it.

(edited for clarity, and terrible typing)

]]> By: Jenz Seeger http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561922 Jenz Seeger Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561922 *sigh* me too! off to youtube I go... *whistles melody of mexican hat dance* *sigh*
me too!
off to youtube I go…
*whistles melody of mexican hat dance*

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561818 retepslluerb Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561818 I don't think that a puppet show necessarily strives for exact fashions. Einstein was, at that time, *the* proverbial (benign) mad scientist, iGerman accent and all, in the public eyes' view. I don’t think that a puppet show necessarily strives for exact fashions. Einstein was, at that time, *the* proverbial (benign) mad scientist, iGerman accent and all, in the public eyes’ view.

]]> By: Jack Welch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561808 Jack Welch Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561808 Turns out... it's Einsteins all the way down. Turns out… it’s Einsteins all the way down.

]]> By: wildemar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561801 wildemar Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561801 Point of interest: Lab coats aren't anywhere near usual for theoretical physicists. To me this looks like a rather badly executed miniature frock coat. Hence, Mark Twain. ;) Point of interest: Lab coats aren’t anywhere near usual for theoretical physicists. To me this looks like a rather badly executed miniature frock coat. Hence, Mark Twain. ;)

]]> By: Fef http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561786 Fef Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561786  Too bad the puppet wasn't holding a puppet: The Einstein-Wheaton Recursive Effect.  Too bad the puppet wasn’t holding a puppet: The Einstein-Wheaton Recursive Effect.

]]> By: Iain McLean http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561778 Iain McLean Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561778 The puppet is Billy Connolly from 2008. Bert had obviously manipulated his theory of relativity and traveled into the future, go see a show and think Billy Connolly was a muppet and then gone back in time to take the piss out of him, leaving this photo for him to see on boingboing today... before once again manipulating his theory, and starting a rock band with Elvis next week to start rehearsals for the next season of America's Got Talent. The puppet is Billy Connolly from 2008. Bert had obviously manipulated his theory of relativity and traveled into the future, go see a show and think Billy Connolly was a muppet and then gone back in time to take the piss out of him, leaving this photo for him to see on boingboing today… before once again manipulating his theory, and starting a rock band with Elvis next week to start rehearsals for the next season of America’s Got Talent.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561760 benher Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561760 Well, especially when you compare the puppet's size relative to Einstein hee hee! Well, especially when you compare the puppet’s size relative to Einstein hee hee!

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561759 retepslluerb Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561759 There's a certain similarity, yes, but I think the puppet is dressed in a lab coat, which would be rather unusual for Twain. There’s a certain similarity, yes, but I think the puppet is dressed in a lab coat, which would be rather unusual for Twain.

]]> By: Ryan_Walker http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561745 Ryan_Walker Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561745 String theory. String theory.

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561736 allium Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561736 It's Einsteins all the way down. It’s Einsteins all the way down.

]]> By: hymenopterid http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561683 hymenopterid Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561683 Eine kleine Einstein. Eine kleine Einstein.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561668 Boundegar Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561668 O crap it's one of those metatrolls!  I put on my wizard hat and robe... O crap it’s one of those metatrolls!  I put on my wizard hat and robe…

]]> By: Will Bueche http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561663 Will Bueche Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561663 The one that made the Bomb. The one that made the Bomb.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561661 awjt Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561661 Which one's the puppet? Which one’s the puppet?

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561638 Sekino Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561638 What is it with Einstein that he's so darn adorable. He's like the Pikachu of science. What is it with Einstein that he’s so darn adorable. He’s like the Pikachu of science.

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561608 Kommkast Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561608 Man I miss totally insane yet bizarrely intelligent cartoons..  Man I miss totally insane yet bizarrely intelligent cartoons.. 

]]> By: wildemar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/20/einstein-with-puppet-einstein.html#comment-1561606 wildemar Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188724#comment-1561606 Looks more like Einstein with a Mark Twain marionette to me. Also, best Einstein pic is clearly this one: http://i.imgur.com/E0uO2.jpg Looks more like Einstein with a Mark Twain marionette to me. Also, best Einstein pic is clearly this one: http://i.imgur.com/E0uO2.jpg

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