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I've basically read that refraction happens because when a part of a light wave enters a medium where it displaces faster or slower at an angle, the part in the new medium "bends" the light wave because of the change of velocity, basically "turning" the whole light wave. I've made two diagrams...

Is this a joke? An IQ (if it even means much) of 135 is not enough? Richard Feynman had an IQ of 124, and look at how much work he did in such advanced physics topics.

Reminds me of a quote I heard (had to do a search to find the exact quote and source): "That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant," which is from Fer-de-Lance by Nero Wolfe.

I thought physicists have a hard time getting engineering jobs because they can't be licensed as a Professional Engineer? Just looked at that site, and yea... no one with a physics degree works in an engineering position: http://www.centrica.com/index.asp?pageid=957#table though, it is a...