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[Phys-L] Physics prof strips down to underwear to teach QM



"Columbia [University] professor strips down to underwear in bizarre lesson to help baffled students learn quantum mechanics"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/video-prof-strips-bizarre-lesson-article-1.1267461#ixzz2LJlqqm6g

"'In order to learn quantum mechanics, you have to strip to your raw, erase all the garbage from your brain, and start over again,' Prof. Emlyn Hughes said. Against a backdrop of 9/11 and Holocaust images, he remained in a fetal position as two people dressed as ninjas blindfolded stuffed animals."

Is this some new technique for teaching about subatomic particles? I wonder what Prof. Hughes has in mind when he decides to teach his students the Bra-ket notation in QM.

More seriously, what could be learned from a CAT scan of Prof. Hughes' brain, or a review of any recent changes in medications.


Rick Strickert
Austin, TX