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Date: August 19th, 2008

Mythological Physics

19 August, 2008 (03:50) | Antiscience, Journalism, Physics | 1 comment

Cryptophysicists
One major difference between cryptophysicists and cryptozooligists is that the public is generally able to perceive that the latter are outside the mainstream. Everyone knows from daily experience that there probably aren’t yeti or sea monsters hanging around. Modern physics is abstracted enough from everyday lives and intuition, though, that many people, including some journalists, [...]

Equivalent to Pigs Flying

19 August, 2008 (03:50) | Physics | 1 comment

Bee explains The Equivalence Principle
That is what Einstein explains in his thought experiment with the elevator. If you are standing in the elevator (that is just a local patch, theoretically infinitesimally small) you can’t tell whether you are pulled down because there is a planet underneath your feet, or because there is a flying pig [...]

 

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