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Nugatory reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread High School Einstein equations don't work at large scale? with
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Unfortunately, that's not possible. As Bertrand Russell said, to the extent that math refers to reality, it is not certain, and to the... -
Nugatory replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.Perhaps. But the work of Dunning and Kruger will remain as relevant as ever.
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Nugatory replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.If that’s what you’ve taken away from this forum we have done something very wrong…. Especially because we’ve already pointed you at...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Hello, I am Rasťo.You will want to be very cautious about trusting ChatGPT in these interactions. You are not "exchanging ideas" with it, you are passing...
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Nugatory reacted to Paul Colby's post in the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong? with Like.
The two twins follow two different paths. One twins path proper length is shorter. As setup, the shorter path twin must accelerate to...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.Worth noting that "the changing reference frame" bit is not quite exactly incorrect, but it is carelessly worded, and that is one of the...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Is AI Overhyped?.if we’re considering whether the impact of AI is overhyped, then this is the wrong question. The right question is “how many of the...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Undergrad Newton's bucket experiment.That is the wrong question, because we can call that frame anything we want and the physics will be the same. (And if you’re...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Undergrad Spatial separation of entangled particles implies physical separability?.Nothing. The EPR argument was that quantum mechanics is incomplete, meaning that there was some deeper theory in which each particle...
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Nugatory replied to the thread High School I don't understand the Michelson–Morley experiment.I'm not asking what it shows, I am asking what the thing it measures is. I am trying to get you to reconcile your statement that "space...
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Nugatory replied to the thread High School I don't understand the Michelson–Morley experiment.Then what does a ruler measure?
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Nugatory reacted to Ibix's post in the thread High School I don't understand the Michelson–Morley experiment with Like.
Light always travels at ##c## in vacuum. How would you tell the difference between a theory that fits reality and a theory that only...
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Nugatory replied to the thread High School I don't understand the Michelson–Morley experiment.Not if we are standing on the back of a flatbed truck so that the air is moving past us at 100 km/hr. The wind changes the speed of the...
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Nugatory replied to the thread Hello from an independent researcher.As long as you have an appropriate published reference for that 16.35-day periodicity you’ll be OK. But if you’re the one who noticed...
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Nugatory reacted to robphy's post in the thread Undergrad Comparing the time of two moving clocks with Like.
(For historical purposes, it’s good to note that this thread is preceded by (in reverse chronological order) on SE: How can a clock...