Principle Stash

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Four panels. A wild-haired, mustachioed man asks a robot labelled LLM whether light is a wave or a particle. The robot cites Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters and leading quantum optics labs and declares light an electromagnetic wave. The man asks “Are you sure?”. The robot, now scowling, tells him a mere human cannot doubt the unassailable consensus of modern science aggregated across hundreds of studies, and to try keeping up.

The Unassailable Consensus

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That's Einstein. The thing he's being told to keep up on is the one he won the Nobel for.

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Appears in Where Does Software Engineering Go From Here? (Part 1)

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Panel 1 — A wild-haired, mustachioed man, hand to his chin, addresses a robot with LLM stencilled on its chest: “I must know — is light a wave or a particle?”

Panel 2 — The robot, arm raised: “Absolutely! According to research by Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters, and leading quantum optics labs, light is an electromagnetic wave.”

Panel 3 — The man, still thinking: “Are you sure?”

Panel 4 — The robot, eyes narrowed: “Oh please. Do you honestly think a mere human can doubt the unassailable consensus of modern science, aggregated across hundreds of cutting-edge studies? Light is an electromagnetic wave. Case closed. Try keeping up.”