Shelter Island Conference (1947) - Revision history

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Pyrope at 19:06, 10 January 2026

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	\|content=On January 21 1946, McInnes suggested to [[Frank Jewett]] a radical conference based around the UNTESTED young people rather than the failed leaders. As head of the [[National Academy of Sciences (NAS)\|National Academy of Sciences]], Jewett allocated a grand total of...wait for it...$1500 for a conference in Long Island.		\|content=On January 21 1946, McInnes suggested to [[Frank Jewett]] a radical conference based around the UNTESTED young people rather than the failed leaders. As head of the [[National Academy of Sciences (NAS)\|National Academy of Sciences]], [[Frank Jewett\|Jewett]] allocated a grand total of...wait for it...$1500 for a conference in Long Island.
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	\|content=Beginning on June 1, 1947 at the Rams Head Inn on Shelter Island NY and ending on Weds June 4th, 24 mostly untested participants "hung out" together.		\|content=Beginning on [[Shelter Island Conference (1947)\|June 1, 1947 at the Rams Head Inn on Shelter Island NY and ending on Weds June 4th]], 24 mostly untested participants "hung out" together.

	The actual cost of the meeting was...[drum roll please]...$872.00 in 1947 dollars. Which is about $12,000.00 in 2023 dollars.		The actual cost of the meeting was...[drum roll please]...$872.00 in 1947 dollars. Which is about $12,000.00 in 2023 dollars.
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	\|content=That isn't the issue. The issue is that the leadership is not passing the baton and there are no McInnes or Jewett figures. And professors now don't even know this history it seems! Don't they teach this in Physics class? Maybe it's too dangerous to learn how physics works. ;-)		\|content=That isn't the issue. The issue is that the leadership is not passing the baton and there are no McInnes or [[Frank Jewett\|Jewett]] figures. And professors now don't even know this history it seems! Don't they teach this in Physics class? Maybe it's too dangerous to learn how physics works. ;-)
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|content=Cost of 1947 Shelter Island Conference : $850.

Fixing Quantum Electrodynamics: Priceless.
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|content="There have been many conferences in the world since, but I've never felt any to be as important as this." -[[Richard Feynman|R.Feynman]] on [[Shelter Island Conference (1947)|Shelter Island 1947]]
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