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This is seriously the most amazing thing ever. Pretty cheesy experiment, but amazing results. It still makes no sense to me how an observer completely changes the outcome. Its like the electron has a mind!

Doc Al has a great point. More explanation is needed. I just assumed the ball at the top of the bar was an axis of rotation, but I could be wrong.

If the length of the bar is 1, then the radius of a circle that the bar makes as it rotates 360 degrees means r=1. Thus w= 0.5V1i/1 = V1i/2.

Ah. You're right. What I should have said is how do you tell the difference between HCl and Ar+. Not Cl+.

Okay so I was just sitting around and thinking about Hydrogen (weird I know) when I realized that a hydrogen ion is just a proton. So how do we distinguish between molecules such as Cl+ (Chlorine with extra hydrogen) and HCl?

Ah. I'm dumb. Thanks!

Okay, so I'm no physicist, but I just had a random thought. So they say that traveling at the speed of light is impossible because the mass of the engine would have to be constructed infinitely big. But what if the propulsion didn't come from the spacecraft ? I was wondering what you guys...

In my opinion, physics is the better option here. Astro can always be done, as you said, at the graduate level. Physics is just more broad and really let's you experiment with different areas that you may enjoy instead. In the end though, do whatever you want. You'll get a job.

Also, and I've spoken with an adviser about this and they didn't offer much advice, my school offers an accelerated M.S in EE for just one extra year. Do you think this would increase employability enough to make it worthwhile?

That sounds really cool. That's more along the lines of something I'd like to do! Thanks for an insightful response!

Oh I see. Well I think I'm more inclined to analog anyways. I never was much for programming. Thanks for the reply!

I have done my research. I know EE is what I want to do, I was just wondering about Physics content because it isn't clear from my University's flowchart.

What To Expect in EE Hey guys and gals. I'm brand new to the forum and I thought I'd post a beginners question. (If this is the wrong place please let me know) Basically I love physics and engineering, which is why I was enrolled in Engineering Physics for my first two semesters. What I...