tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607237.post6985383034255459785..comments2024-03-18T00:46:28.369-07:00Comments on Quantum Chaotic Thoughts: University of Oxford's Dates of ReckoningMasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415369043595429843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607237.post-50115472837739940812014-11-06T15:07:01.225-08:002014-11-06T15:07:01.225-08:00Johan: Actually, I know the movie didn't inven...Johan: Actually, I know the movie didn't invent the basic gist of that quote, though I did not know the specifics (so thanks for that!). That was why I included the next line as well. I don't usually include the subsequent line when I use that quote.<br /><br />I saw Bela give a talk once. I enjoyed the math, but based on the way he talked, I suspect that he and I might not get along so well if we met in person.Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415369043595429843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607237.post-78396755642525114672014-11-06T14:38:09.084-08:002014-11-06T14:38:09.084-08:00Hi Mason,
The quote "you have been weighed o...Hi Mason,<br /><br />The quote "you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting" is actually from the Old Testament, and was the "writing on the wall" during the feast of King Belshazzar. <br /><br />When I took a course (Percolation Theory) from Bela Bollobas at Cambridge, he used the "weighed and found wanting" framing verbally while stepping through some case-by-base proof, and when we students didn't get the reference, he took a tangent to tell a story of some fellow at Trinity sending/receiving a postcard of Rembrandt's "Belshazzar's Feast" on the eve of some tenure-like decision, as a joke, but unfortunately I don't remember the details.<br /><br />Best,<br />JohanJohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474059894761281344noreply@blogger.com