An old friend from my undergrad days sent me a link to Physics discussion ends in skateboard attack:<\/p>\n
A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said today.
\nJason Everett Keller, 40, allegedly accosted another homeless man, Stephan Fava, on the 200 block of Grand Avenue in South San Francisco at about 1:45 p.m. March 30.
\nAt the time, Fava was chatting with an acquaintance, who is also homeless, about “quantum physics and the splitting of atoms,” according to prosecutors.
\nKeller joined in the conversation and, for reasons unknown, got upset, authorities said. He picked up his skateboard and hit Fava in the face with it, splitting his lip, prosecutors said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
No word on whether it was Bell’s theorem which set off the brawl, or a debate about the validity of string theory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An old friend from my undergrad days sent me a link to Physics discussion ends in skateboard attack: A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said … <\/p>\n
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