![]() ![]() NEWTON: Can we get this over with, please? It’s your bet.ĮINSTEIN: The uncertainty principle will not help you now, Stephen. I was curious to see how three of history’s greatest minds would interact in this setting. What is the point of playing this ridiculous game?ĭATA: When I play poker with my shipmates, it often appears to be a useful forum for exploring the different facets of humanity. NEWTON: The bet is ten! Can’t you do simple arithmetic? I don’t even know why I’m here in the first place. Let’s see, where were we? Yes, you raised Mister Data four, which means that the bet is, er, seven to me? ![]() The day that apple fell on my head was the most momentous day in the history of science.ĭATA: That story is generally considered to be apocryphal.ĮINSTEIN: Perhaps we should return to the game. If two non-inertial reference frames are in relative motion … You see, Sir Isaac, the joke depends on an understanding of the relativistic curvature of space-time. HAWKING: But then I said, in that frame of reference, the perihelion of Mercury would have precessed in the opposite direction.ĭATA: Quite amusing, Doctor Hawking. ![]()
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