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.Scott reacted to PeroK's post in the thread High School Should a virtual photon be described as a "short-lived" photon? with
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There is an Insight article about what virtual photons are. Essentially, they are a calculation device. It's not that a muon emits and... -
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.There is no reason to believe that Feynman went wrong anywhere. The video does not provide a specific Feynman quote - so there is no...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.Clearly, there are many possible reasons. Perhaps you would like to suggest a particular text that does a good job covering this topic...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Was Richard Feynman's explanation of the twin paradox wrong?.Feynman said that the reason that one twin ages differently was that one accelerated and the other didn't. So long as you are comparing...
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.Scott replied to the thread High School On the Universe being a single whole particle.The term "particle" has been claimed for something different in the universe. So, let's not call the whole universe a "particle". At...
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.Scott replied to the thread What Makes a Science-Fiction Movie Feel Scientifically Believable?.Whatever "hyperdrive" is, how is it on the conservation of momentum? Basically, it means the story line requires us to move much faster...
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.Scott replied to the thread What Makes a Science-Fiction Movie Feel Scientifically Believable?.Re "Under the Dome": Most of us may never know whether they originally intended to follow King's original story line - which was...
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.Scott replied to the thread What Makes a Science-Fiction Movie Feel Scientifically Believable?.An entertaining story works because the story tellers and the audience cooperate. The writers create something that is understandable...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Prove that 1 + NOT (1 + NOT x) = x.To be explicit about the order of operations, two's complement is NEG(b) = (NOT b)+1.
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.Scott replied to the thread Dazzle AI with a fashion statement, and it might see nothing.Those evasions are short-lived because they are design specifically for the current video surveillance systems. And, of course, there...
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.Scott replied to the thread If your office coworker left their phone ringing on their desk....Perhaps that is what inspired the introduction of the "Penny Postage Stamp" in the UK - as an alternative to getting a message out.
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.Scott replied to the thread If your office coworker left their phone ringing on their desk....You must be exagerating!