tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post6514715556503641142..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: I once met A. S. EddingtonJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-39556294471865463522015-07-12T13:42:28.577-07:002015-07-12T13:42:28.577-07:00Thanks Roger - it is also possible that the questi...Thanks Roger - it is also possible that the questioner was winding Eddington up or as they say now 'having a laugh'...Jot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-38184953636573713212015-07-12T08:48:05.220-07:002015-07-12T08:48:05.220-07:00someone complimented Eddington on being one of two...someone complimented Eddington on being one of two men who understood the theory of Relativity. "Who is the other one?" asked Sir Arthur Eddington. "<br /><br />I can't remember where - Russell, perhaps? - but there was a philosopher who repeated a similar story and added that Eddington obviously wasn't a logician. If he was a logician he'd know the man who congratulated him on understanding the theory must understand the theory himself and be the other one.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com