John Oliver: [Paraphrased] Whats the one thing you want everybody to understand about your work? Stephen Hawking: Imaginary time. People think its something you have in dreams or when youre up against a deadline. But its a well defined concept. Imaginary time is like another direction in space. Its the one bit of my work science fiction writers havent used, because they dont understand it. John: Ugh. Idiots. People are such idiots. Presumably, to my mind, youre simply talking about the theoretical measurement obtained from real time by a wick rotation of π/2 in the complex plane where t = -it. Its not that difficult to get your head around. I died. Watch this interview. Now. Quoted segment starts at 1:20 or so. https://youtube/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:33:08 +0000
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