How Physics works.

How does science work? And what's all this about quantum mechanics?

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UW your site looks truly awesome for people searching for basic knowledge in physics. Very didactic and easy to follow. I'm impressed.
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HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pm
uwot wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:58 am Yeah, I've been tinkering. The final chapter is now called How Physics works. If you've ever wondered why people complain that physics makes no sense, this might help explain why it does, even if it isn't perfect.
http://willijbouwman.blogspot.co.uk
Please stop promoting your utterly bad physics site, it's more misleading that tutoring!
Thank you for drawing attention to my utterly bad physics site. (Actually, it's more philosophy than physics, but the 'utterly bad' can stay.)
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PauloL wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:00 pm UW your site looks truly awesome for people searching for basic knowledge in physics. Very didactic and easy to follow. I'm impressed.
Thank you.
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uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:07 pm
HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pm
uwot wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:58 am Yeah, I've been tinkering. The final chapter is now called How Physics works. If you've ever wondered why people complain that physics makes no sense, this might help explain why it does, even if it isn't perfect.
http://willijbouwman.blogspot.co.uk
Please stop promoting your utterly bad physics site, it's more misleading that tutoring!
Thank you for drawing attention to my utterly bad physics site. (Actually, it's more philosophy than physics, but the 'utterly bad' can stay.)
Np, if you were serious about tutoring the world, then it should be better and in animations, but I know you can't do it alone, you simply don't have the skills for it, you need someone with high rationality.
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HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:13 pm
uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:07 pm
HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pm Please stop promoting your utterly bad physics site, it's more misleading that tutoring!
Thank you for drawing attention to my utterly bad physics site. (Actually, it's more philosophy than physics, but the 'utterly bad' can stay.)
Np, if you were serious about tutoring the world, then it should be better and in animations, but I know you can't do it alone, you simply don't have the skills for it, you need someone with high rationality.
I can only use the skills and limited rationality I have.
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uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:20 pm
I can only use the skills and limited rationality I have.[/quote]Spend your time on something better, it's a wasted effort.
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HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:08 pm
uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:20 pmI can only use the skills and limited rationality I have.
Spend your time on something better, it's a wasted effort.
Maybe, but it keeps me out of trouble.
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uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:12 pm
Did you ask for illuminated advice?
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uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:12 pm
HexHammer wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:08 pm
uwot wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:20 pmI can only use the skills and limited rationality I have.
Spend your time on something better, it's a wasted effort.
Maybe, but it keeps me out of trouble.
Fair enough.
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HexHammer, you are a dolt who cannot provide concrete objections.
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Definition of dolt d'après Merriam-Webster: a stupid person.

Origin and Etymology of dolt: probably akin to Old English dol foolish

First Known Use: 1553.

Synonyms
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, idiot, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo.

Antonyms
brain, genius.
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What a gorgeous. Rabelaisian, list . :D
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Aha! So that's where Jonathan Harris picked up all those great insults for the robot in Lost in Space :)

http://irwinallen.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Smith%27s_Insults

Examples: Bubble-headed booby, bellicose bumpkin, cackling clod, ludicrous lump, addlepated armourbearer, bumptious braggart, deplorable dunderhead, disreputable dunce, jabbering Judas, lugubrious lump, pusillanimous pinhead ...
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Greta wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:26 am Aha! So that's where Jonathan Harris picked up all those great insults for the robot in Lost in Space :)

http://irwinallen.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Smith%27s_Insults

Examples: Bubble-headed booby, bellicose bumpkin, cackling clod, ludicrous lump, addlepated armourbearer, bumptious braggart, deplorable dunderhead, disreputable dunce, jabbering Judas, lugubrious lump, pusillanimous pinhead ...
Don't you mean Dr Smith, not Jonathan Harris?

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Greta wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:26 am
Well, I think he wins Merriam-Webster after checking the link.

Merriam-Webster should hire him.
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