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Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought Einstein coined 'spooky action' sarcastically, to try and point out that it was absurd and violated his theories. I guess there aren't any better, sexy physicist names to put in the headline to attract clicks.


I think that's what happend. Schrodinger's cat was also initially conceived to ridicule the idea of quantum superposition.


The name Big Bang was also coined to ridicule the idea.


I had never heard of that so I tried to find a reference and it appears to be true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Etymology


"Star Wars" was used to ridicule Reagan's anti-ballistic missile initiative.


Poisson's (Arago's) Spot was meant as ridicule, and ultimately became one of the definitive experiments to justify the wave theory of light:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arago_spot

Amaze your friends! Shoot light through steel ball bearings with a laser pointer.




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