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Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.And continues to do so. Elementary education teachers just have students memorize the blurb, "For every action there is an equal but... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.Wow! This thread seems to be degenerating into a quibble. Newton's contemporaries were 17th and 18th century natural philosophers. Not... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread High School Why higher speeds need more power if the backward force is the same?.Depends on what you mean by "harder". The force exerted is the same but the rate at which energy is expended is greater. -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Antique Pocket Sundial.It was my understanding that Great Britain consists of the nations of England, Scotland, and Wales. And the United Kingdom (UK) also... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.Fair enough. I have only one piece of anecdotal evidence that I can specifically recall, but I think I have encountered other documented... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.In the introductory physics classroom they are presented to students as quoted in the Principia. This was written by Newton for his... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.These research results are, to me, reinforcement of my belief that the terms action and reaction should be all but expunged from the... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.Is this an evidence-based belief? -
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Possibly interesting: "Causal reasoning in understanding Newton’s third law" Cheng Chen, Lei Bao, Joseph C. Fritchman, and Hemin Ma... -
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One does not tell the student that cause and effect do not exist. One tells the student that there is no causal relationship in the... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.One of the problems with education in the USA is that it's up to each state to decide upon what it will and won't teach. In some states... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.It's not a demand. It's a generalization based on observation. It involves taking two readings on a bathroom scale and observing that... -
Herman Trivilino replied to the thread Undergrad Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?.There is no asymmetry in the physics. One can introduce Law III with no reference to any equations. Hold a bathroom scale against a wall... -
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It's not the symmetry that requires forcing, because Newton's 3rd is already symmetrical. It's the fake asymmetry that is forced into it...