Should we ban the Schoedinger equation?

Question

He derived it while porking two underaged girls whom he impregnated. This is a serious question and not the rantings of a pervert. My point is, at what price should we accept scientific discovery.

Answer 1

You can't "ban" an equation.

The equation doesn't become "untrue" if the discoverer turns out to be morally corrupt. If it is true, it is true ... and its truth is not dependent on the character of the discoverer. (This is a point missed by people who try to attack evolution, by trying to attack Darwin's character, or his own confidence in his own theory. A scientific theory or equation stands or falls on its own merits, not on the qualities of its discoverer).

And BTW, I had not heard that these girls were underage. Do you have some reference?

Answer 2

Rational beings abandon a scientific discovery only when it proves to be invalid. When a new data comes along that undermines the scientific validity of an hypothesis its time to move on to a more comprehensive theory.

Rational beings do not abandon scientific fact because they have emotional biases against them. Rational beings learn that not all scientific discovery is comfortable. Sometime the science leads to an inconvenient truth.

Answer 3

BTW, that's Schrödinger or Schroedinger.

With a name like "Wang Lik" sounds like there are many who might consider YOU the morally corrupt pervert, so be careful about throwing stones (glass houses and all).

But the other posters are correct: science marches on due to, and sometimes in spite of, the particular individuals who practice it.

Answer 4

Wait! Now where did you read that: News of the World or National Enquirer?

Answer 5

i agree man i think we should ban that equation i dont care how good the equation is that is just nasty, against the law and moraly wrong.