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Not sure what you mean by "kind of". But that aside you take classes. You have to start with the basics and work your way up to graduate...

I realize that this is probably tangential, but the so-called normal force is actually the perpendicular component of the contact force...

My experience has been that using preview mode destroys LaTeX rendering. It's a known issue.

What are you encountering that leads you to this conclusion? Is it nothing more than a vocabulary issue? In other words they haven't...

I've never heard those terms used in physics. Perhaps "physical reality" was once used as the regime of reality that can be described by...

Today I'm celebrating my 10th PF Anniversary. This is the best physics forum I've ever seen or been a part of. I'm grateful for the...

My point is that in the phrase "objectively true" the adverb objectively adds no meaning to the phrase. The entire concept of truth is...

Are there things in physics that are unobjectively true?

Can you explain where, in the passage you quoted, "objective truth independent of measurement" plays a part? What does "objective...

Astronauts reported that moon dust on their suits and moon rocks stowed away for return to Earth stunk!

As @berkeman pointed out, those rings are used by the water company to lock the valve in the closed position. To turn the water off you...

Well, sure, but why come to a physics forum? Presumably because the author is interested in advice, not about writing strategies in...

Not to mention the damage to the projectile itself.

I can't speak for @Nugatory but my understanding of what he said is not that we shouldn't look, but that until we succeed in finding...

I don't know. This is a philosophical question. Not physics. I don't think physics can decide this for you.