Re: personal contests

[Chris Campbell <sankarah@ou.edu>]

Colette H. Adams wrote:
> 
>         I would like to say that I have no problem with anyone arguing any 
> issue
> as fiercely as they like.  Albert Einstein to his death expressed his
> distaste for quantum mechanics.  His debates with Niels Bohr on the subject
> were many and lively.
>         What I have a problem with is either making OR RESPONDING to personal
> attacks.  When Niels Bohr pointed out to Einstein that his own theory of
> relativity contradicted one of his attacks on quantum theory, Bohr didn't
> go "See, you're stupid, you're stupid!"

An amusing side note here, taken from _The Makin gof the Atomic Bomb_ by
Richard Rhodes:

[re: God does not play dice]

"Bohr, for his part, supple pragmatist and democrat that he was, never
an absolutist, heard once too often about Einstein's personal insight
into the gambling habits of the Deity.  He scolded his distinguished
colleague finally in Einstein's own terms.  God does not throw dice? 
"Nor is it our business to prescribe to God how He should run the
world."

Yes, yes, it's off-topic, but it's amusing and comes from a damn fine
book.

Chris