Talk:Wolfgang Pauli
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[edit] God "joke"
I find story about Pauli and god totally inadequate. It has nothing to do in this place. 84.47.65.174 19:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
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- I agree, and deleted it. Brighterorange 17:09, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well, Themanwithoutapast reverted it, so I won't re-revert out of politeness, but I still think this story absolutely does not belong in the article. It doesn't appear to be "well known" in any sense (can't find any hits for it on Google, and certainly my physics friends know nothing of it), has nothing to do with his "personality" (especially since he left the Catholic church) or "reputation" (as it is clearly fictional, or at best, mythological). The numerology is a very sure indicator of its kookiness. Someone please remove it, or at least argue for its relevance. Brighterorange 15:08, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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- FWIW, the Pauli joke is fairly well-known in the physics community. The story ties in with Pauli's reputation for panning poorly thought-out physical theories (his equally famous phrase, "not even wrong", is in the same vein.) As for numerology, Pauli (along almost every other good physicist) really was fascinated by why α is so nearly 1/137. -- CYD
- I think I understand the problem. I'm now able to find several references for the "joke", but the joke ends with Pauli shaking his head and telling God that he is wrong. The bit that follows and that explains 137 in terms of numerological babble (ridiculous--why should God work in base 10? why not 173? why not 1/137 exactly? Why not any other small numbers that can easily be found featuring important roles in the bible?) was apparently added afterwards. Without this new "punchline", the joke sort of makes sense (though I still don't think jokes really belong in an encyclopedia article) and is not offensive to me. Therefore, I removed the numerology and left the joke. (But would still support removing the whole thing). Brighterorange 18:50, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- ...and I am fascinated why pi is 3,141.. and I have been born on 3rd of January 1941 (oh, god must have done so!!)...not funny at all. I agree that the incriminated story has nothing to do in this article. Matyas 18:19, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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- Deleted the joke. This is an encyclopedia, not a joke book. Shinigami27 (talk) 17:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- FWIW, the Pauli joke is fairly well-known in the physics community. The story ties in with Pauli's reputation for panning poorly thought-out physical theories (his equally famous phrase, "not even wrong", is in the same vein.) As for numerology, Pauli (along almost every other good physicist) really was fascinated by why α is so nearly 1/137. -- CYD
[edit] Popular Culture
With admirable consistency, the reference to popular culture in this Wikipedia article has a degrading effect. Every Wikipedia article that I have seen that contains such a reference is deleterious. Much popular culture is created by people who have only monetary profit as a goal. Many of them have limited knowledge, probably as a result of spending their time watching television and movies instead of reading. I would like to delete the section on popular culture.Lestrade 18:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)Lestrade
[edit] Categories
It is alleged that nobody but the Nazis called Pauli Jewish. However, see the following:
- [1] List of Jewish Nobel prize winners
- [2] "Pauli described himself as being three-quarters Jewish"
- [3] List of Famous Jewish Catholics, i.e. "people that are both Catholic and Jewish".
--20.138.246.89 10:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Nobody but the Nazis and monomaniacs who try to herd everybody noteworthy and not blameful into a list, that is. Bellbird 13:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- You are in violation of WP:NPA.--20.138.246.89 15:17, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
