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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th January 2013, 05:32 AM
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Posted By Tubbythin
A tornado has a diameter of several metres. An...

A tornado has a diameter of several metres. An electron does not.


How long do you think it takes a point particle to complete a single revolution?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th December 2012, 02:53 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,572
Posted By Tubbythin
As a mean (and prescient) trick so that when you...

As a mean (and prescient) trick so that when you try and show the quantum mechanical expectation value of momentum in a web page you accidentally create a new paragraph?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th November 2012, 04:43 PM
Replies: 2,761
Views: 375,651
Posted By Tubbythin
Je ne comprends pas. :boggled:

Je ne comprends pas. :boggled:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th November 2012, 11:20 AM
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Views: 375,651
Posted By Tubbythin
He made major contributions to nuclear physics...

He made major contributions to nuclear physics too FWIW.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd November 2012, 05:27 PM
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Posted By Tubbythin
Is it just mean that seems to think that the JREF...

Is it just mean that seems to think that the JREF science section has some sort of quota of crackpot posts? I haven't done any in-depth analysis but it always seems like when one gets banned another...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 06:27 PM
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Posted By Tubbythin
They have in their own heads.

They have in their own heads.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 04:51 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Maybe we all misunderstood and the reference to...

Maybe we all misunderstood and the reference to A-level was the most recent letter of the alphabet that his tutees understood?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 04:34 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
List of basic school-level physics Farsight...

List of basic school-level physics Farsight doesn't understand:
Scalar
Vector
Scalar product
First law of thermodynamics
Conservation of momentum
Difference between energy and momentum
When to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 04:25 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I said a good physi... only kidding ;)

I said a good physi... only kidding ;)
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 05:17 AM
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Posted By Tubbythin
I am about equivalent to a monkey :(. On the plus...

I am about equivalent to a monkey :(. On the plus side I did discover that somebody has really written a paper entitled "Neutrino Counter Nuclear Weapon".
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 04:00 AM
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Posted By Tubbythin
From a good physics teacher!

From a good physics teacher!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd November 2012, 03:53 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 5,718
Posted By Tubbythin
Right. I assumed pretty much everybody except the...

Right. I assumed pretty much everybody except the original poster knew the idea was nonsense so I didn't see the need to correct that.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 21st November 2012, 05:21 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 5,718
Posted By Tubbythin
The Casimir effect is an effect that occurs even...

The Casimir effect is an effect that occurs even in a vacuum, it does not require a vacuum (though it is likely to be harder to measure without one).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th November 2012, 08:45 AM
Replies: 141
Views: 9,163
Posted By Tubbythin
Yep. Some of them don't even understand units...

Yep. Some of them don't even understand units (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8778807#post8778807).


Indeed...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th November 2012, 05:23 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,785
Posted By Tubbythin
The tests seem to have involved putting the...

The tests seem to have involved putting the phones on top of mouse cages and seeing what they did. My first thought is then: does a running mobile phone not create low frequency noise that a mouse...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 12:18 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I think he may have expected us to have been...

I think he may have expected us to have been wowed by stunning discovery and thus be forced to accept his every word thereafter.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 10:10 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Disappointing.

Disappointing.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 09:55 AM
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Posted By Tubbythin
Excellent. How long did it take you to come up...

Excellent. How long did it take you to come up with that?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 07:34 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Oh good. The speed of light is used for...

Oh good.


The speed of light is used for convenience to define the metre now, in 2012. In the past they used a standard ruler. Back in the day there was no definition of the metre. You used the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 04:32 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
That doesn't explain the origin of mass in any...

That doesn't explain the origin of mass in any way, shape or form. You clearly do not understand what the equation tells us.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th November 2012, 04:07 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
And if the field is a constant?

And if the field is a constant?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 05:41 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I particularly enjoyed his recent, and apparently...

I particularly enjoyed his recent, and apparently continued, misunderstanding of units.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 05:36 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Erm. These are the same things.

Erm. These are the same things.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 05:19 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Nope. It was you Farsight, and you alone, that...

Nope. It was you Farsight, and you alone, that chose to present an equation which on one side had no units and on the other side had units of (ms-1)1/2. These two quantities can never ever ever ever...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 07:52 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
True, somehow I managed to overlook that. ...

True, somehow I managed to overlook that.


None that are fundamental constituents in the Standard model though.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 05:34 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Random not-really-science question: will the...

Random not-really-science question: will the Higgs boson continue to be called the Higgs boson? I was just thinking that the other fundamental particles aren't named after people - neither their...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 03:53 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Nope. The p in p=hf/c is the magnitude of...

Nope. The p in p=hf/c is the magnitude of momentum and is a scalar.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th November 2012, 03:49 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
That's some nice numerology there. Shame one side...

That's some nice numerology there. Shame one side of the equation has units and the other doesn't, rendering the whole thing absolutely meaningless.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th November 2012, 03:47 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
That is simply not true. You said: First...

That is simply not true. You said:


First off you don't always divide by c to go from energy to momentum. But that only works for massless particles. Hence, you were wrong. Then you claim that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th November 2012, 10:17 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Nicely illustrating my point that most people who...

Nicely illustrating my point that most people who have made an obvious mistake with a formula will just admit to it :).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th November 2012, 08:38 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
That's just the non-relativistic equation for a...

That's just the non-relativistic equation for a massive particles' kinetic energy.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th November 2012, 03:27 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
It was a howler on your part to use the correct...

It was a howler on your part to use the correct equation at one time and use a completely incorrect equation at a different time. It is even more unbecoming that you are now trying to claim otherwise...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th November 2012, 08:43 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
:id:

:id:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th November 2012, 06:43 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
You explicitly said, when discussing the energy...

You explicitly said, when discussing the energy of an electron:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 03:17 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Cheers. There are far more knowledgable people...

Cheers. There are far more knowledgable people than me on this subject on this thread. I've learnt quite a bit from them. Hopefully the things I have said have been largely accurate.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 11:42 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
It definitely isn't in Einstein's work. Einstein...

It definitely isn't in Einstein's work. Einstein died before Higgs et al. published their work. So either put up or shut up.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 11:38 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I was told once that the original plan was to...

I was told once that the original plan was to leave the LEP where it was and just build LEP around it. But then the LHC just ended up too big.

There was a program on last night that mentioned the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 10:44 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I'm a bit out of the loop. What is the status of...

I'm a bit out of the loop. What is the status of the ILC these days?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 09:28 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
No, you're left with an electron that has no rest...

No, you're left with an electron that has no rest mass. It's total energy would be determined by the same equation that determines that of a photon: E=pc.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 09:13 AM
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Posted By Tubbythin
Genuinely fascinating. Top post Cuddles.

Genuinely fascinating. Top post Cuddles.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2012, 05:05 AM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
I was thinking of the theoretical neutrinoless...

I was thinking of the theoretical neutrinoless double beta decay (which I've never really understood).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 05:10 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
No. Higgs mechanism determines energy content. ...

No. Higgs mechanism determines energy content.


Well of course not according to Einstein. Einstein was dead when the Higgs mechanism was proposed.


1% of the mass of normal at large but...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 04:43 PM
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Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
And maybe not two antineutrinos? Me too....

And maybe not two antineutrinos?


Me too. I've been posting to make sure anyone else reading this knows that he's wrong (not that my contribution is particularly necessary in that respect).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 04:20 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Of course he should. The equation E=pc concerns...

Of course he should. The equation E=pc concerns the magnitude of momentum which is always positive. Your claim that this would somehow give a negative number is trivially wrong. I'm absolutely...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 04:05 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
No it isn't. Which is why pair...

No it isn't.


Which is why pair production does not occur at 1.022 MeV.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 04:02 PM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
Nope. That only works for massless particles. ...

Nope. That only works for massless particles.


Nope again. p=mv is the classical (ie non-relativistic) formula for mass. The relativistic formula is p=γmv.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 05:40 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
The CERN physicists are saying we've found the...

The CERN physicists are saying we've found the Higgs boson. You are saying we haven't. Paying attention to them seems like a really good idea to me.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 03:21 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
No it doesn't. You don't understand the...

No it doesn't. You don't understand the difference between a vector and a scalar. I think that probably puts you at the bottom of the pile of people commenting on this thread.


Post 505 is a link...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 02:52 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
There is no inconsistency. Sigh. The...

There is no inconsistency.


Sigh. The amount of the photons energy that goes in to the rest mass of the electron is determined by the electrons' interaction with the Higgs field. That energy has...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2012, 02:43 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,396
Posted By Tubbythin
You do realise that that article does not dispute...

You do realise that that article does not dispute that the Higgs was observed?
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