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>Be about 4 years old
>looking up at sky, notice plane flying
>I distinctly remember looking at it through my legs, the way that a snapper in football crouches and looks behind him
>note how it seems to be going extremely slow from my point of view, yet I can consciously say that it is actually going fast
>Think of the word 'relativity'
>don't tell anyone, because I'm 4 years old and don't know wtf is going on
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP GENERAL RELATIVITY AND EINSTEIN
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT
>oh god velocity depends on frame of reference
>I've been of exceptional intelligence all my life; perfect scores on sections of the SAT, 5's on many AP exams, adept debater
>Reincarnation is real

I've been meaning to make this thread for a while. Wtf?

>> No.4620252

relativity is a lot the fuck older than einstein

also it has nothing to do with your observation, that is called perspective

>> No.4620251

>believes in reincarnation
>equates himself with Einstein
Pick 1

>> No.4620260

the amount of things wrong with this story...
1) what you are describing has nothing to do with relativity.
2) "velocity depends on frame of reference" isn't Einstein. Galileo and newton found that out. again, completely different ting you are talking about
3) you are talking about perspective not relativity
4) wat the fuck is wrong with you
5) "exceptional intelligence" my ass.

>> No.4620265

>>4620247
>confuses Einstein's general relativity with Galilean relativity
>example describes perspective, not relativity
>probably doesn't even know that GE is about what the observer calculates, not sees
>exceptional intelligence
>troll or D-K

>> No.4620274

When I learned what the spleen did, my first thought was, "Oh, HIV probably spreads between white blood cells there. I bet if they removed the spleen, it would slow the development of AIDS."

I was kind of proud and kind of disappointed when I did some research that it had already been discovered that it works this way, though apparently it was not expected. (spleens sometimes need to be removed after trauma, and this normally weakens the immune system, so they looked at patients with HIV who lost their spleens to see if they were getting in trouble faster from the double whammy)

>> No.4620279

>>4620252
>>4620260
>>4620265
I love it when sci collectively beats the shit out of someone.

>> No.4620282

>/sci/
>criticizing a 4 year old's interpretation of physics

Holy shit, people, I am aware that how I interpreted it was not entirely correct. What I was thinking, as a FOUR YEAR OLD, was approximately the same thing as some of the parts of relativity.

>> No.4620294

Also, I'm aware that this stuff isn't all Einstein, or 100% accurate. This is what I saw when I was like 13 and looked this stuff up, I obviously know that what one physically SEES does not have much to do with relativity, or that this isn't all Einsteinian relativity.

>> No.4620298

>>4620282
you did not think it was GR when you were 4. you are thinking it when you are older than 18 years old.

>> No.4620301

>>4620282
>be 4 years old
>realize the battery I put in the remote control sends a signal to the television that is unseen but activates a receptor in the tv
>be more advanced than all pre-1500 scientists
hurrrrrrrr

>> No.4620305

I had a similar experience when I was 10 OP, except rather than looking at a plane, I was literally just looking at an object sitting on a table. I thought about the object bending the space around it and why that would cause gravity.

as mentioned your thoughts however tend more to galilean relativity.

>> No.4620310

>>4620298
Nope. I *distinctly* remember thinking relativity. I have also had this discrete memory since 2nd grade, before I would have been able to know what relativity was or meant, in the first place.

>> No.4620312

>>4620294
so you still thought the fact that velocity is relative to you has something to do with gravity?

>> No.4620318

>>4620310
but you are now, at 18, equating your idea of relativity to the scientific theory. at 18.

>> No.4620326

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

>> No.4620325

>>4620282
You are not retarded for noticing as a 4-year-old that far-away things look smaller and describing it with the wrong word. You are retarded for bragging about it.

>> No.4620330

>>4620310
You keep bringing up how distinct the memory is or whatever, just letting you know that the human mind is notoriously inaccurate. Testimonial evidence in court cases is worthless, as people can swear their life on something and even pass a lie detector test, but the shit still gets mixed up in your mind.

>> No.4621215

ownd

>> No.4621224

nice try, jacob barnett.

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>>4620247

>> No.4621229

>>4620310
this little faggot actually thinks hes a reincarnated Einstein

>> No.4621230

>>4620247
you didn't look it up particularly well, general relativity has nothing to do with things in the distance seeming to move slower than things in the foreground

>> No.4621233

>Think of the word 'relativity'

10/10

>> No.4621238

>>4620247
>Thinks he understands relativity.
>Doesn't understand relativity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox

>> No.4621239

>>4620247

Don't mean to rustle your jimmies but I'm pretty sure most of us have done that. In fact, that age is characterized by learning the workings of the world.

But don't let this discourage you. Go on studying...um....you didn't specify...oh wait, thread as supposed to be some sort of a show off? Well, sage...

>> No.4621331

wat the fuck

>> No.4621347

>I've been of exceptional intelligence all my life; perfect scores on sections of the SAT, 5's on many AP exams, adept debater
>Believe Reincarnation is real

this is a very severe conflict of things

>> No.4621367

You're an idiot, OP.
You probably heard of relativity before then. Either that or you're just editing your memories without realising it.
Also
>perfect scores on sections of the SAT, 5's on many AP exams, adept debater
LOL. You think that shit is hard? You think highschool matters? Wow, how naive

>> No.4621552

>Be about 4 years old
>Sitting under a tree
>Apple falls on my head
>Realize that since the world is round, the apple must have been pulled down by a force towards the center of the Earth, rather than the natural resting place be 'downwards'
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP GRAVITY AND NEWTON
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT

>> No.4621561

>Be about 4 years old
>Passing light through 2 parallel vertical slits
>Light is acting as if it's a particle
>Watch the photons as they pass through the slits
>Light is acting as a wave again
>Realize that merely observing something influences the outcome
>Realize it's impossible to be completely impartial to something
>Realize that the way you look at something has an effect on its outcome
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP QUANTUM PHYSICS AND DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENTS
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT

>> No.4621566

It's easy to see whats going on when you're sitting on the shoulders of giants, OP.

>> No.4621573

>Be 4 years old
>Make observation that planes are travelling fast when they are slow
>Use rose-colored glasses to awkwardly tell story to boost own self-esteem

Seriously I get the fact that a lot of people are on /sci/ just to lie to themselves about their ignorance, but this thread is just ridiculous.

>> No.4621581

>Be about 4 years old
>Playing GTA on computer
>I distinctly remember wondering if the characters know they are inside a game, are not real and will disappear when I turn the computer off
>Realize that we live in a computer simulation too and none of what we experience is real
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP MATRIX
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT

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4621599

>comedy gold
I love you /sci/.

>> No.4621601
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4621601

>Be 4 years old
>Start to hear voices telling me to do stuff
>Dont tell anyone
>Voices comeback at age 19
>mfw im now a paranoid schizophrenic on meds

>> No.4621611

I can still remember the day when I was 3 and looked up to the clouds and realized that they were moving and that they didn't just disappear or come back in a different shape.

>> No.4621612

>be 7 years old
>tinkering around with some electronics kit my parents got me
>hook up lightbulb to 1,2V AA battery --> bright
>hook up same lightbulb to 9V battery --> lot brighter
>a realization forms in my head: More Volts = more bright
>manage to hook up lightbulb to the 250V outlet in my room without killing myself
>...
>I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS

>> No.4621613

>>4621611
> that they didn't just disappear or come back in a different shape.

but thats exactly what they do

>> No.4621616

>>4621613
you know what I mean, I for some reason thought that everyday it was the exact same clouds in the exact same places in the sky and that they were associated with the rising and setting of the sun.

>> No.4621617

6/10

notbad.jpg

>> No.4621619

When I was that age I realised that life has no meaning but to carry on your genetic code to the next generation.
Guess I'm the reincarnation of Dawkins XDDDD

>> No.4621622

Dude I hate to break this to you, but Einsteins Theory of Relativity is not the same as realizing that things in the distance look relatively slower than close up.

>> No.4621629

OP is slow

>> No.4621649

>>4621629
Relatively slow.

>> No.4621658

>Be about 4 years old
>Travelling on a boat around the world
>I distinctly remember wondering if the diversity in animals be the result of some kind of selection based on reproduction
>Realize that man is the descendant of a violent simian specie
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP EVOLUTION
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT

>> No.4621674

I realised at an early age that magnets can have an attractive force between them. You better believe I was pissed when I saw that faggot James Clerk Maxwell's work.

>> No.4621682

Einstein's 1918 GR paper:

>Abstract: Things far away appear to be moving slower than they actually are

>> No.4621683

im so fucking glad I bumped this thread here:>>4621215

you guys are awesome.

>> No.4621684

>Be about 4 years old
>looking at the rear-view mirror
>notice how things seem further away than they are
>get it backwards, think that objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LISTEN TO BAT OUT OF HELL 2 BY MEATLOAF
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT
>oh god objects in the read-view mirror may appear closer than they are
>I've been of exceptional musical talent all my life
>Reincarnation before the other guy is dead, is real

>> No.4621689

>Be about 4 years old
>Reading up on topology and differential geometry
>I distinctly remember realizing that the product of any collection of compact topological spaces is also compact.
>don't tell anyone, because I'm 4 years old and don't know wtf is going on
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP TYCHONOFF'S THEOREM
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT

>> No.4622624

lol, this thread got good over the past 24h.

>> No.4622640

>Michigan State

>> No.4622687

>be 4
>watching Barney
>poop my pants

>> No.4622696

>Be about 4 years old
>look at dad play guitar, notice strings are vibrating
>note that larger strings vibrate slower and has a longer wave length
>think all particles are probably like this, think "matter wave"
>don't tell anyone, because I'm 4 years old and don't know wtf is going on
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP DE BROGLIE RELATIONS
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT
>oh god the wave of a particle is actually a lot wider if the particle is cooled
>gets toward infinity as temperature goes towards 0 K
>REINCARNATION OF HISTORY MAJOR

>> No.4622707

>Be about 4 years old
>look at sister getting changed in the same room
>note that she has a hole and I have a rod
>I stick my rod in her hole
>it feels good and we do it several times after
FAST FORWARD
>ALL OF MY WHAT WHEN I LOOK UP INCESTUAL RELATIONS
>LITERALLY ALL OF IT
>oh god I can't believe I had sex with my sister
>REINCARNATION OF A PTOLEMY

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>>4621612
>>4621658
>>4622696

>> No.4623169

what is angular velocity