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Maradona, Quantum Physics and Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, October 2, 2024  

From eJewish Philanthropy (OCTOBER 2, 2024)

Contemporary philosopher Diego Maradona once had an interaction with a journalist during which he blurted, “Shut up, you don’t exist, muppet!” That phrase, “no existis,” pronounced with an s instead of an x to imitate the great man’s shantytown accent, became a classic Maradona-ism and was an archetypical example of his rough but endearing manners.

But Maradona, misunderstood as always, wasn’t being intentionally offensive. He was simply referring to a deep philosophical and scientific truth.

Read the full article by Andrés Spokoiny in eJewish Philanthropy.


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