Alicorn comments on Open Thread: November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 02 November 2009 08:04:58PM 5 points [-]

Seriously? Dude, it's a list of names. It should no more make your head asplode than the table of the elements does, and nobody thinks that memorising those is a great feat of intellect. Are you sure you're not allowing modesty-signalling to overcome your actual ability?

Now, if you want to get into the math of the actual Lagrangians that describe the interactions, I'll admit that this is a teeny bit difficult. But come on, a list of particles?

Comment author: Alicorn 02 November 2009 11:36:08PM 7 points [-]

It should no more make your head asplode than the table of the elements does, and nobody thinks that memorising those is a great feat of intellect.

"Antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium..."