Morning Coffee Physics: The Physicist’s Toolbox: Thought Experiments

Physics is an empirical science which means that you can do all the thinking and theorising you want, but at the end of the day, if it doesn’t match the real world experimental results, it’s wrong.

I’ve harped on this before. If you manage an unphysical result or contradiction in your thought experiment, it means your thought is wrong.

See also The Physicist’s Toolbox: Symmetry