Modern physics doesn’t seem to make sense, but the concepts are fascinating. People who know a little modern physics, apply it to situations where it isn’t relevant, like social interactions or pop culture.
In the TV show, Breaking Bad, Walter White adopts a harden persona he calls “Heisenberg”, after Werner Heisenberg, the German physicist helping Hitler develop an atomic bomb. He is famous for the “Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle”.
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle applies to subatomic particles like electrons. The basic idea is that you can’t know exactly where a particle is and how fast it’s moving. If you know exactly how fast it’s moving, then you have no idea where it is. If you have some idea where it is, then you can have some idea how fast it’s moving.
I’ve been thinking about an opinion uncertainty principle. The more certain a person is about a topic, the less interesting they are.
Yesterday, President Trump directed the military to surprise Iran by bombing the shit out of their nuclear research facilities. Partisan commentators are all absolutely certain that Trump saved us all or Trump doomed as all. Those articles are boring.
Joe Rogan’s podcast is engaging because he is curious, but uncertain, about many topics. Rogan recently had Kash Patel, the Director of the FBI, on his show. Patel is convinced that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in prison. Rogan isn’t so sure because a forensic doctor had been on the show discussing the suspicious nature of Epstein’s injuries. Rogan remains unsure, but interested.
President Trump doesn’t have complete information about Iran, and they don’t have complete information about him. Nobody knows what Israel will do. If Trump and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei don’t know what happens next, then how in the hell can anyone else be certain?
This applies to many topics.
Don’t conflate opinions with preferences. I know that olives are da devil, but if a friend likes olives, then I won’t argue.
agree on this one!