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newtboy
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IcksterCongrats on the bronze.
Misconceptions About the Universe - Veritasium
IcksterThis is a great illustration of how I feel every time I try to wrap my head around this stuff; to really understand it, you somehow need to keep in mind everything you know, while rejecting the "obvious" conclusions you draw from that knowledge because you have to be open to the new knowledge you're going to insert that causes you to adjust the knowledge you already had.
It's always astonishing to me that there are enough people on this planet with the necessary mental flexibility to keep pushing the boundaries of our understanding of the universe, because I can just barely understand so many of the things they've figured out.
It is simplified.
Some of the concepts are actually pretty hard to put into words and just are how they are. And for each cosmologist you speak to you will encounter a different opinion of the standard cosmological model or parts of its construction.
There are parts of it i don't like because i can't follow and feel comfortable with each step. The maths makes sense, but there's nothing logical and connected in my understanding. At first i didn't like that, but then i realised that we all accept quantum mechanics where charged particles accelerate without radiating, and "instantaneously" move between distinct energy levels.......
In other words, every physical law we've got is just our primitive way of understanding the signals sent from our senses to our brain. Things seem to make sense to us the more experience we have with it happening. We don't understand why matter moves towards other matter via "gravity" - a word which we accept and go 'ahhh gravity - i understand now' but why the hell should it and/or why should it exist in the first place merely to move towards one another?!
So gravity attracts things (why?!) and time only runs in one direction (why!?) and energy is quantized according to the planck constant (WHY!?) and ... the universe is more or less like it's shown in the video! But why why why!? Well, that's a question for a philosopher.
oritteropo
(Member Profile)
IcksterThanks!
*promote
Where does the "gay lisp" come from?
IcksterI've wondered about that for years, and this video did nothing to answer the question.
I do know that in some cases, it's a straight-up (no pun intended) affectation. I've known a couple of guys that only developed a lisp after coming out (to themselves as much as anything--it was the early 90s).
oritteropo
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IcksterThanks! This is probably my favorite of my pqueued vids.
*promote
Transforming Formula One: 2014 Rules Explained by Red Bull
IcksterThat's exactly how it's used.
I like the hybrid system, imagine if it could be used as a sort of electronic NOS system? That would add a HUGE strategy element to the race. I could be interested in watching a few of this years races now.
MinutePhysics | What is Sea Level?
IcksterYup. I'd pretty much assumed it was obvious what sea level was--if i'd ever thought about it, I would've realized it was complicated, but still wouldn't have realized how *incredibly* complicated it was.
wow, I never even considered how complex it was.