Star Trek TNG - Greatest minds in physics playing poker
Filed under: Entertainment
29 August 2008
bjorn9800991 asked:
The opening scene from the episode: “Descent, Part 1″ where Data plays poker with Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
no he said well and sighed. it would have been funny though…
September 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Well, I agree with you. In my book, Newton is the most intelligent of those three. He actually developed infinitesimal calculus over a span of 40+ years. I was responding to someone who said that physics is really easy and calculus is hard. He’s obviously just thinking about his high school classes and which one of those is harder. Physics and Calculus (analysis) get much harder than AP.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:09 am
to learn calculus is kind of hard, to invent caculus, is amazing. Newton invented calculus one summer so that he could work on the problems of physics. He was at least as smart as he other two. I am sure that Hawkings would agree with me, and that Einstein would have as well. They are all giants, and were well chosen.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Easy physics is obviously easy. Just like easy math (algebra I, arithmetic) is easy. Harder physics requires the use of math that is far above the level of high school calculus.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Stephen Hawking is so awesome!
September 8th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
1:56
Did Einstein say “shit”?
September 9th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
No problem! Found others that put this video on YouTube, but they always managed to miss the first few seconds, and that really bugged me. So I posted it myself…
September 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
been looking for this video lately… thanks for posting it.
September 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
calculus is a bit more straightforeward than physics in my experience, a bit more mechanical
physics requires more thought, for some people it’s easier to just take rules and apply them (calculus) than it is to think through a physical problem
September 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I think the quantum fluctuations of the universe (otherwise known as the “script writers”) were helping Stephen a little bit as the odds of getting 4 of a kind are about 1 in 4000!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:46 am
When Stephen Hawking visited the set of Star Trek TNG to do this episode at some point he went by the set where the Warp Core was and he said: “I’m still working on that” !
Great mind!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am
dude look at what u talking about.. maybe u see it like that.. but 99.9% of ppl like me see it like me… like that show all about killing aliens.. conquering planets in the end making a alliance so earth gets to control most of the planets they conquered its a show about conquering in the future.. if you can’t see the big picture then idk what to tell u.. see what u see.. man.. i see what we all see.
September 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
the space travel and future is merely a backdrop, a vehical if you will, to discuss issues like the meaning of life, philosophy, phychology, anthropology, theology, sociology…and various other topics..if the show was just about spaceships on strings- it wouldn’t have the following that it does today….
September 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Physics was so easy it put me to sleep but calculus was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Twas the first time I ever felt lost in mathematics.
I’ll never understand why people think physics is hard.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
“its called the united states,america is a continent,ok?)”
North America is a continent, the United States of America is a nation, and the residents of said nation can call themselves whatever they want. United States is a little harder to say and a little harder to feel patriotic about.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
“america isnt exactly as shown in hollywood films,right?”
um, NOTHING is as shown in hollywood films, and that’s a good thing. Hollywood is for the most part immoral, delusional, and not anything like their audience.
September 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
but in this case is is triggered by people foolishly taking people on youtube seriously.
I mean you do realize that youtube commenters are like the dumbest 20% of every nation’s population right? it’s not fair to judge a nation based on youtubers
September 29th, 2008 at 2:39 am
no joebbi the show is about the space future and exploring the unknown it is a fetish peoples brain crave.. those who are much smarter then average person.. they get fetishes to go to space.. and this is as close as they might get in their lifetime.. watching plastic spaceship fly on a string in a darkroom..
man i dont understand why i bother replying i always say the truth but I get flamed..
October 1st, 2008 at 5:57 pm
You know, you guys might be missing the premise behind the show. Here’s a hint: It’s not just about space and the future.
October 4th, 2008 at 6:24 am
You are a smart.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Hawking has the best pokerface.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:36 am
dadabuk u stupid? im a smart okay? bye bye
October 8th, 2008 at 5:13 am
I bet it reminds you of yourself as you are clearly at the pinnacle of human achievment and grammar. Pardon my while I walk to the bodega to buy a jewish child’s kidney.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:44 am
niggers and jews destroy it in more whens then violate.. Jews are extremely greedy and will sell their child for organ parts just for 100$.. and niggers spread disease and they dont care cuz they just partying fucking niggers they dont care for learnings they have parties in classes they dont care about anything just having fun cuz niggers are dumb.
Ppl might call me a stereotyper of a race.. but its not a race.. its a culture formed by different generic buildups of human. Different species
October 13th, 2008 at 12:42 am
LOoool just seen this episode today.. yah really odd.. reminds me of myself.