Einstein played dice with the universe

Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg
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The obvious answer is that he had figured out statistically, that the
chances of something happening to him, were next to nothing. Remember, this
was before the age of the cell phone. In the age of the cell phone, it is
almost certain, sometime in your life you will launched from your bike, by a
cell phone using motorist. I don't think Albert would even get near a bike
in today's hostile environment.

On Mar 17, 12:33 am, Dave Johnson wrote:
Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Besides, it's illegal to ride a bike without a helmet.

On 3/17/07 5:58 AM, in article
, "Seven Seas Oscirius"
wrote:

On Mar 17, 12:33 am, Dave Johnson wrote:
Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Besides, it's illegal to ride a bike without a helmet.



Not in New Jersey (where the photo was taken), Utah, or California.


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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:47:12 GMT, "Callistus Valerius"
wrote:


Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg
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The obvious answer is that he had figured out statistically, that the
chances of something happening to him, were next to nothing. Remember, this
was before the age of the cell phone. In the age of the cell phone, it is
almost certain, sometime in your life you will launched from your bike, by a
cell phone using motorist. I don't think Albert would even get near a bike
in today's hostile environment.


Well, no.

The odds of death while cycling are usually cited as something like
one per 450 years.

That's one per 450 years of cycling non-stop, 24 hours a day.

Cellular telephones may have affected this, but even if it was by an
order of magnitude (how likely is that?) the chance of dying while
cycling for the average person (who spends - let's be generous - less
than 10% of their hours on a cycle) is still far less than the chance
of dying from any other cause.

On the side of the pro-MHL crazies we have the infamous study of TRT,
which showed a large reduction in leg injuries from wearing helmets.
Junk science, in other words.

On Mar 17, 8:33 am, Dave Johnson wrote:
Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

I am continually bewildered at the example of Einstein as an example
of intelligence in all things. He was
a scientist who have a significant number of conceptual
breakthroughs, but I don't believe he was known for great
technical prowess in his field. There were many other physicists who
were better problem solvers or
had more purely technical innovation. To the layman the most
impressive thing about Einstein is his hair.

-ilan

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:10:08 -0600, "Steven L. Sheffield"
wrote:

On 3/17/07 5:58 AM, in article
.com, "Seven Seas Oscirius"
wrote:

On Mar 17, 12:33 am, Dave Johnson wrote:
Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Besides, it's illegal to ride a bike without a helmet.



Not in New Jersey (where the photo was taken), Utah, or California.


Nor in many cycle-friendly countries - the Netherlands, the
UKofGBandNI, China, and India come to mind...

ilan wrote:
I am continually bewildered at the example of Einstein as an example
of intelligence in all things. He was
a scientist who have a significant number of conceptual
breakthroughs, but I don't believe he was known for great
technical prowess in his field. There were many other physicists who
were better problem solvers or
had more purely technical innovation. To the layman the most
impressive thing about Einstein is his hair.

Yes, but did he dope like Ryan's favourite mathematician ? (Although it
has been alleged on this group that astrophysicists are too cheapskate to
dope)

Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Mandatory walking helmets.

Its the Americans suburbs! Isolated Christians digging bunkers for
world war
III, and wearing walking bomb helmets, part of the mid-east
circumcized
radical extremist...

Or at least, he played dice with his head! How can someone so seemingly
smart ride a bicycle without a helmet?

http://vivian-folkenflik.org/VRF%20S...%20bicycle.jpg

Mandatory walking helmets.

Its the Americans suburbs! Isolated Christians digging bunkers for
world war
III, and wearing walking bomb helmets, part of the mid-east
circumcized
radical extremist...

Skateboard dudes don't wear helmets only when they are on TV
in a pro-competition.

There is safe riding and there is competitive riding.

Tour de France riders have helmets.