# Hippos and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143 "2006-11-05T01:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/21 "2006-11-07T21:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Who’s that linguistics guru I must have you confused with?? I think the #1 etymology guru here is **samclem**. For modern languages, it’d be **matt mcl**. Other linguistic issues, I know we have some experts, but I’m not sure offhand who they are. And I know that I’ve never confused me for any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/22 "2006-11-07T22:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] even in theoretical physics (which is my specialty), there are a heck of a lot of things I don’t know. [/QUOTE] This puts me in mind of a Feynman quote: “If you think you understand quantum theory, you don’t understand quantum theory.” ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/23 "2006-11-08T00:09:34Z")
We also have at least one world renowned word-puzzle author here, whose screen name eludes me, because whenever I see his posts, I think of his real name. (I’ll leave it to someone more familiar with his personal wishes to decide whether to “out” him) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/24 "2006-11-08T00:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Who’s that linguistics guru I must have you confused with?? [/QUOTE] You may be thinking of **Excalibre**. **KP** , that puzzle editor is, naturally, **twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/25 "2006-11-08T00:22:23Z")
Oh, _author_. I have no idea then. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/26 "2006-11-08T00:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Oh, _author_. I have no idea then. [/QUOTE] Yeah – me either – and color me curious. What’s the screen name? Or, if you’d be willing to email me, what’s the IRL name? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/27 "2006-11-08T18:51:21Z")
[QUOTE=Xema] This puts me in mind of a Feynman quote: “If you think you understand quantum theory, you don’t understand quantum theory.” [/QUOTE] I don’t think I could even pretend to understand quantum theory; does that mean I understand quantum theory? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/28 "2006-11-08T19:59:10Z")
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet. -Niels Bohr Whoa, I share a birthday with Niels Bohr. I am profoundly shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143/29 "2006-11-10T03:00:19Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] … does that mean I understand quantum theory? [/QUOTE] No - only that it’s possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-and-tv/379143.md?page=1)