He also had a dog called Einstein and said the name quite a few times, which could subliminally add to the confusion when typing about something loosely related.
What’s weird is that I saw the picture and recognised Doc Brown as Doc Brown, but then when I read that response I didn’t notice the wrong name and instead started remembering the picture as Einstein in the same pose and context. Only when I read your response did I realise I’d been tricked. It’s a reminder how easily a person’s mind can be tricked sometimes.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Canonically speaking, I think Doc Brown just barely didn’t work with Einstein. He would have worked with Oppenheimer and crew though. He may have even met Einstein.
hansolo@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
Where is the canon that explains that? Is there some BTTF official graphic novel or something?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
There were some comics, and some cut bits of script and character backstory, that him working for the Manhattan Project, among a lot of other cool bits of Emmet Brown backstory that are probably still around somewhere. A lot of the guys thought Doc Brown was a bit eccentric, because he studied everything he could, refusing to purely specialize.
hansolo@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
I guess that explains why the original power source was plutonium.
Thanks for the info! I never knew there was a canon Emmet Brown back story.