Recent content by Sage Lee

Thanks, I checked that out. But it's still a little above me; I have not yet learned how to solve partial differential equations, nor have we gotten into multi-variable calculus yet (learning integrals in Calc 2). In physics, we've basically learned vector math, and have used that to map...

Hello. I'm not sure the template applies here, as this isn't a textbook style question. I tried to read over the rules and I hope this is the relevant place to put the following query: I am trying to design a research project in my 1st Engineering Physics class, in which we have full freedom...

Hmmm, you know I just had a(nother) random thought - and again, keep in mind I don't understand this stuff - so bear with me: If gravitational fields are just a geometrical curvature of spacetime, then in theory, could (does) a suppermassive gravitational field curve spacetime enough to pull...

Awesome link(s), thank you. I need to read it again though (only read the first one so far); it's still fairly hard to absorb some of the stuff for someone like me, as it's not as laymenesque as you might think, but it's still pretty comprehensible. I found it funny though that the article...

I just stumbled across this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=59347&page=2 Where in post 19 someone talks about what I was trying to talk about but in a much more intelligent fashion. But I believe he points out that "it's only a consistent way of talking about...

So then, if we want to achieve faster than light travel, we need only to emulate this effect and manipulate the "space between" rather than trying to get something to actually travel that fast... psshh, how have we not done that yet? Someone should get on that. (I know sarcasm doesn't often...

Okay, makes sense Thanks, good explanation.

Yeah, but what the hell is red shift? (No, just kidding, but I did warn you...) Still fairly confusing, but let me see if this is what we're talking about: Nothing is actually moving faster than the speed of light, but the expansion of space gives some things the appearance of moving...

Well, not me, this only further confused me. You lost me at "increasing faster than the speed of light." I thought nothing could happen faster than the speed of light. So how exactly do distances increase faster than the speed of light? (Keep in mind I might as well be mentally retarded...

Yeah, but it's fiiiiniiiite! <stamping foot and holding breath> Wow, I didn't even consider this implication. How very interesting. We are on the same page... This seems like a funny thing to say. If we were talking about a real object, wouldn't it have an even more (or at least...

I don't think I mixed these two up, rather, I was arguing that an infinite line running east to west is similarly bounded, albeit in a different fashion, in that it can't ever bend or travel north or south, up or down. But suprisingly, I (think that I) actually get most of what you told me in...

Also, while waiting for a response in that other forum (sometimes I wonder if any of those guys actually ever play poker) I couldn't help but click a "related thread" link that I found below, and I found this guy talking about his theory of infinite-infinite...

Deuterium, I saw that you posted while writing the above, and have not yet had time to do more than skim. I'm going to have to read it a few times before responding to any of it, because although I think I get the gist of most of what you are trying to explain, I still got a little lost amongst...

Okay... honestly, I kind of rolled my eyes (at first) when I saw that you just rehashed the same example as had been stated previously, using a finite list of numbers (except this time you said "1 through 5" instead of "only even numbers". Because this is where I suffer a disconnect: you're...

Ok - first of all, I apologize for what is likey to be a very long-winded example of my rambulitis. It will soon be clear that I know absolutely nothing about any of this; I can hardly follow half of the jargon that you guys throw around so casually. I only came across this thread (and...