Success = hard work + correct methods + less empty words.

?Einstein

I often see authors of some self-media articles saying that famous scientists such as Einstein and Faraday are civilian scientists. In fact, they are misleading readers. Because the concept of "people's science" in these people's inner thoughts is not actually the concept of people's science in the true sense. They mistakenly believe that "comes from the folk" and "starts from the grassroots" is civil science.

In fact, they completely misunderstood the concept. Because that's not the case.

Not all Einsteinians are grassroots?

I saw on the headlines a netizen who was certified as an associate professor of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His identity should be clear. There is nothing wrong with it. question. But he keeps saying that the Higgs boson cannot explain the origin of mass at all. So, what is the origin of quality? Someone asked him this question, and he immediately talked about a lot of Yin and Yang stuff, saying that these were the origins of quality. I don’t know what profession this associate professor is engaged in teaching, but I am very sure that he is indeed talking nonsense about the topic of quality. Because from beginning to end, not only was he unable to produce any scientific evidence, nor could he use scientific and mathematical language to describe his views, but he desperately relied on metaphysical concepts. All in all, he is a person who never uses evidence to prove his personal ideas and has no scientific spirit. He just talks to himself with one mouth and has no idea.

Although such a person is also an associate professor and cannot be regarded as starting from the grassroots, he is an out-and-out civilian scientist. Therefore, whether it is a civil science or not does not depend on what kind of professional title he has, but whether the person has a scientific spirit and scientific attitude.

In fact, some civilians are not as crazy and chaotic people as we imagine. For example, I know a professor from Southwest Jiaotong University who is very serious in class and polite in his dealings with others. There is no problem at all. However, he just likes to delve into areas outside the professional research field that he is not good at, and insists on overturning the entire quantum mechanics. This may be because his mentor when he was young influenced or misled him too deeply, because he said that his mentor was very dissatisfied with the entire scientific system and vowed to completely subvert it.

We now need to know the true meaning of the term "minke", that is, people who have no scientific spirit and only talk big words, trying to overthrow the entire scientific system and independently establish grand theories. So, is Einstein, the founder of the quantum theory of light and the theory of relativity, who has always been known as a "civilian scientist"?

Einstein proposed the quantum theory of light and civilian science can also succeed, but not in research fields that they are not good at

The reason why Einstein is always said to be a civilian by some people Well, it's because some people are talking about Einstein's "initial stage". After Einstein graduated from university, he was not able to directly enter a university position, nor did he join a professional scientific research institution, so some people say that Einstein is purely a "grassroots". Since "grassroots" people like Einstein can achieve great success in the future and are praised as the "god of science" and the intellectual giant who has influenced the world for 3,000 years, then those civil sciences who also claim to be grassroots can also follow Einstein. Will Stan's footsteps also succeed?

I want to say that of course civil science can also achieve success, but not in the field they want to overthrow, but in their own professional field, or in their own position.

For example, the professor at Southwest Jiaotong University should be relatively successful in his major in signal traffic and have two skills, otherwise he would not be rated as a professor.

Plumber Guo Yingsen

There is also Guo Yingsen. He was originally a plumber at Fushun Gas Company. If he works hard, he can do a good job in his job. Maybe you can even become a technician or model worker in your unit. This can be considered a success.

However, they ignore the limitations of their own knowledge and are determined to engage in research fields that they are not good at. Moreover, the threshold for those research fields is extremely high, and they are unwilling to accept the views and opinions of the mainstream scientific community. How is it possible to use research methods without breaking the bank? Einstein is not a grassroots person

Getting back to the subject, is Einstein a grassroots person? Let's look at his experience.

It turns out that when Einstein was in college at ETH Zurich, he was not liked by his teacher.

This is because Einstein was a "thorny head" and always liked to find fault with the professor in class. Of course his professor didn't like him. In fact, Einstein's grades were considered to be in the middle and upper reaches of his grade, not the best, but enough to rank in the top 20%, but he offended his professor. Therefore, the cautious professor gave Einstein a very low score for his graduation thesis. This is very serious. Originally, he planned to apply to stay in school or teach at other universities. This is the tradition of Jewish intellectual families. However, because his graduation score was too low, he was unable to find a teaching position at the university.

However, Einstein organized a small group to study science when he was in college, and he met and made a friend among them. This friend provided Einstein with help through family connections. Found a job examining patents at the Patent Office in Bern, Switzerland. Einstein had just entered the Patent Office, and of course it was impossible to reach the top in one fell swoop, so he started at the grassroots level and worked as a third-level technician (equivalent to an assistant engineer), the lowest level.

Photo of Einstein just entering the patent office

And this is why some people insist that Einstein is a civil servant.

But what happened to the Level 3 technician? Which great scientist didn’t work his way up from the lowest position? Like Faraday, when he was young, he was originally a laboratory assistant of a scientist from the Royal Society. Later, he worked his way up step by step, and finally became the president of the Royal Society! The same is true for Einstein. He started out as a third-level technician, but because of his diligence and hard work in business, he was promoted to a first-level patent officer after working in the patent office for three years. If we apply the current professional title, Einstein would have been equivalent to a senior engineer during this period. This is considered a senior professional title and a senior intellectual.

In addition, let us not ignore the fact that the ETH Zurich, where Einstein graduated, is a world-famous school with a profound foundation and is firmly ranked in the top ten. It has long been known as the "No. 1 university in continental Europe" A schoolmate?! It has produced 32 Nobel Prize winners. If it were in the United States, it would be comparable to Yale University.

Einstein’s alma mater is the number one school in continental Europe

This “number one school” has a high reputation around the world and has cultivated many industry elites, some of whom Scientists or mathematicians who are famous all over the world all work in this university.

For Einstein to be able to attend such a prestigious school, he was an outstanding person. His alma mater is really awesome!

Among Einstein’s many teachers, there are some long-established international academic figures, such as the famous Minkowski.

Minkowski

As Einstein’s teacher, Minkowski is a world-renowned master of mathematics. He made many breakthroughs in number theory, algebra and mathematical physics. Achievement. He created the reduction theory of positive definite quadratic forms with real coefficients, which is called "Minkowski reduction theory". Minkowski also tried to use non-Euclidean space to describe the structure of space-time, and independently proposed a new concept of four-dimensional space-time structure, which is called Minkowski space-time. Minkowski's inequality and Minkowski fractals were also his inventions. Einstein benefited a lot from following this famous teacher. Minkowski also admired this young disciple who liked to think independently, and even regarded him as a friend. The master and disciple often discussed various issues together tirelessly.

How do civil sciences evaluate scientific predecessors?

When we observe those civilian scientists, they never refuse to ask for advice or discuss problems from professionals in academia. Instead, they directly shout the slogan: "Fight Einstein, kick Newton Hawking". Even between civil science and civil science, there is no normal communication and discussion, but contempt for each other.

Einstein himself received rigorous scientific training at this world-class research university and also received a doctorate. Just because his graduation score was too low, so he took a temporary break outside the university. Einstein himself had been working hard to find a university teaching position, and finally succeeded. I don’t know why those articles that say Einstein is a “civilian” never dare to write about Einstein’s educational experience and his doctorate. What are you afraid of?

Can such a person really be considered a civil servant? It is really a misunderstanding of Einstein to call him a civilian scientist.

Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics

We should also pay special attention to the fact that Einstein conceived the general theory of relativity very early, but he felt that it needed to be better Expressed in mathematical language, he deliberately learned Riemannian geometry from his mathematician friends. It wasn't until after three years of study that Einstein published his refined general theory of relativity. His attitude of being extremely strict with himself, striving for excellence in knowledge, and being meticulous in his academic studies is really compared to those people who know nothing about mathematics in middle and high school, and can't wait to throw out "grand theories" just by patting their foreheads. It's a world of difference.

So, for those who say that Einstein is a "civilian scientist", please stop being funny.

Einstein once said a famous saying that is thought-provoking. He said: Success = hard work + correct methods + less empty words. ?Looking at the civil science community, none of these three elements apply. I hope they can seriously understand this sentence and be touched by it.

Author: Doubtful Explorer