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The Most Mind-Bending Fact I Learned in Physics
Real Clear Science ^ | 11/2015 | Tom Hartsfield

Posted on 11/19/2015 10:56:52 PM PST by LibWhacker

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21 posted on 11/20/2015 2:15:34 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: fr_freak
I spent a couple of aeons (OK .. I was doing acid and it fascinated me for a long time) ...

considering we never really touch the ground when we walk.

If I use some kind of super duper microscope and zero in to the point of contact between shoe and ground, I'll find mountains and ravines that, only a few mountain peaks actually appear to touch

So I choose one of those touching peaks and zoom in and find .... a bunch of mountain peaks and ravines

So I zoom in to one of THOSE touching mountain peaks and find a bunch of mountain peaks and ravines

So I zoom in to one of THOSE touching mountain peaks and .... ....


I'd never do it again, but acid was fun .... (for me)

22 posted on 11/20/2015 2:23:31 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Steely Tom
The conditions for this to happen would only have existed for a tiny fraction of a nanosecond, something like a billionth of a nanosecond. But during that time, all four forces were of comparable strength, and in effect condensed out of the same fundamental force.

To me this is an awesome idea.

It is an awesome idea. I'm embarrassed that it didn't actually occur to me independently.

23 posted on 11/20/2015 3:33:47 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: LibWhacker
"...light itself, the sole thing capable of travel at c"

Not even approximately true. This "physicist" should learn about the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum.

24 posted on 11/20/2015 3:51:36 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: LibWhacker

Bookmark.


25 posted on 11/20/2015 3:55:48 AM PST by SunTzuWu
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To: woofie

If you got that out of Physics, I can only imagine what Biology did for you!


26 posted on 11/20/2015 3:57:50 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: x_plus_one

And popcorn.

Even though un-popped kernels can be adduced to have the same basic shape as others in the same bag - at least in the macro sense - once popped, their shapes (utilizing integral calculus) can never be matched to any other popped kernel across history.

That’s my theory anyway.


27 posted on 11/20/2015 4:02:10 AM PST by onedoug
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To: LibWhacker

Bump


28 posted on 11/20/2015 4:05:01 AM PST by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans stPatr a in rebellion... teach him why)
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To: fr_freak
Reminds me of a nerd joke:

A psychologist is trying to determine the difference between a mathematician and an engineer, so he develops a test. He has a room with a stove, a table, and a pot of water sitting on the table.

He tells the engineer "Boil the water." The engineer takes the pot of water, puts it on the stove and boils it.

The psychologist then puts a pot of water on the floor, and says to the mathematician "Boil the water". The mathematician takes the pot of water and puts it on the table.

The psychologist is stumped. He asks the mathematician, "Why did you put the pot of water on the table?"

The mathematician answers "I reduced it to a problem that has already been solved."

29 posted on 11/20/2015 4:13:29 AM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: onedoug

No two snowflakes are alike . . . . ?
How do we KNOW that for sure?
I’m just high school barely; so no one will answer nor can
they really.


30 posted on 11/20/2015 4:17:00 AM PST by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Fai Mao

“...workings of Einstein’s relativity theory.”

Like they say - time is relative. Meaning it goes a heck of a lot slower when the relatives are over! (Remember that this Thanksgiving!)


31 posted on 11/20/2015 4:20:18 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: LibWhacker

If you are in the back of a rocket traveling the speed of light and you walk to the front have you exceeded the speed limit?


32 posted on 11/20/2015 4:24:25 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: LibWhacker

bkmk


33 posted on 11/20/2015 4:25:45 AM PST by glock rocks (I don't always talk to liberals, but when I do, I order the large fries.)
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To: 21twelve

Paraphrase:

“Any young man who has ever looked into the eyes of a beautiful girl that he is in love with knows that time can both slow down and speed up at the same time”

Albert Eisenstein


34 posted on 11/20/2015 4:26:00 AM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: outofsalt

Ha, nice try! The rocket can’t go the speed of light.


35 posted on 11/20/2015 4:31:28 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: muir_redwoods

He’s using ‘light’ to refer to the entire spectrum.


36 posted on 11/20/2015 4:41:13 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: roadcat

if you like that... how about this:

you’re living in the past.

it’s true... by 50-80ms.

this is due to the response time of your nervous system.


37 posted on 11/20/2015 4:50:53 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: roadcat

that’s pretty crazy.

I think my physics teacher told us if you could arrange the molecules in your hand and the molecules in a desk the right way, you could put your hand through. sonething like that lol

Spit on Your Grave.

New Version was much better than old one :)

See the old “Mother’s Day” if you really want to see a sick flick.


38 posted on 11/20/2015 5:00:06 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: LibWhacker

PhD (a.k.a.- Piled High and Deep). Yeah give this scientist another gov’t grant.


39 posted on 11/20/2015 5:02:29 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: LibWhacker

could you point to that part of the article? I must have missed it.


40 posted on 11/20/2015 5:27:03 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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