How Physics works.
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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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Thank you for drawing attention to my utterly bad physics site. (Actually, it's more philosophy than physics, but the 'utterly bad' can stay.)HexHammer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pmPlease stop promoting your utterly bad physics site, it's more misleading that tutoring!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
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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.uwot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:07 pmThank you for drawing attention to my utterly bad physics site. (Actually, it's more philosophy than physics, but the 'utterly bad' can stay.)HexHammer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pmPlease stop promoting your utterly bad physics site, it's more misleading that tutoring!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
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I can only use the skills and limited rationality I have.HexHammer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:13 pmNp, 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, 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.
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 .
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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 ...
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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Don't you mean Dr Smith, not Jonathan Harris?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 ...
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