Recent content by Squippel

The only evidence I have is from introspection, but it's happened so often I'm wondering if it's a more common experience. The day after drinking heavily my mind is not sluggish. It's lightning fast. I'm extremely sharp, I talk very quickly, produce more jokes, see though irrational...

Okay I have a much better idea of what's going on now, even though it's very superficial it's a better start none the less. Thanks to all who replied.

I'm an engineering student and have only taken 2 chemistry classes. It's hard to follow all the terminology used to explain triglyceride synthesis. I know this will sound a bit imprudent, but my question literally boils down to this: "If you eat the same weight of food, but higher calories...

It may superficially sound like a stupid question with a simple answer, but let me explain in more depth. Calories are units of energy, as you probably know, and grams are the the weight of the food. So calories are not directly related to the weight of a food. Foods range in the amount of...

None of it is. The idea of a quanta and quantum mechanics is that energy is transferred in packets. That's the whole foundation of quantum physics. I'm saying the phrase "continuous motion" is an oxymoron. It's unachievable because a spacing or increment must be made, making is discrete. And...

I agree to an extent. Though line between physics and philosophy is blurring, and has been blurring for quite some time. I don't think this is quite a philosophical question, it is more of a logic problem. Logistics is a branch of philosophy of course, but it's a not subjective branch. "As...

What experimental evidence shows that continuous processes are real? Everyone brings up classical mechanics as if it's relevant. It only appears that way, but appearance doesn't matter if zoomed in 10^-9 meters.

The process of calculating an answer is not the same thing as getting the answer. There's no proof or reroute or shortcut to get an answer of "the next instant" problem when there is one for proving infinite series converging or that pi has infinitely many digits. You fundamentally don't...

Yes, I know what Zeno's paradox is. The fallacy everyone makes is that mathematical operations always represent what is possible. You cannot compute the answer to Zeno's paradox. You only can use proofs to show that an infinite set of lengths can add to a real number. That is not the same thing...

You can't move an infinitesimal in the same way you can't reach infinity. Why is this hard to grasp?

A particle travels from A to B in a line. In math, abstractly, there are an infinite number of points between A and B. It is not discrete, it is continuous. However, in the real world is it possible to transverse those infinite set of points? What is you answer to this, and just this...

No, it's clear that no one here knows what I'm saying. I might have to just make a youtube video or something.

I'm sorry, I'm still not satisfied. I'll break this down into a much simpler example. A particle travels from A to B in a line. In math, abstractly, there are an infinite number of points between A and B. It is not discrete, it is continuous. However, in the real world is it possible to...

I asked this in yahoo, and of the answers no one addressed what I was asking, so I added details to maybe help. First ever post on here, sorry if it's bad. Is it theoretically possible to have energy transfers happen continuously instead of discretely? Does it lead to any problems? I've...