Science strikes again

[unclehobart]

Funny how you didn't tell the Northerners about it.

I didn't have any onhand and I haven't tasted any in about 7 years. Your best best might be HomeLAN since his mom lives up in the middle of moonshine country. She might have a jar lying about.

 

[catocom]

Actually, all knowledge is worthwhile. Even if it doesn't have an application right away, it will have one in the future.

For example, did you know that for centuries the square root of -1 was known to be just i, it was merely a mathematical curiosity with no real life application, time passed and then some electricians needed it so they could make real life calculations. Now we have huge grids of electric distribution, electronic components and computers.

That's why I said 'was'.
I don't think it 'Is' worth the tax dollars ATM.

Maybe the can fix the tanning beds now, so they don't cause so much cancer.

 

[Luis G]

No tanning beds is the fix for tanning beds

 

[Inkara1]

Actually, it was a piss poorly written article about some half decent research. It's more like "The media strike again".

I understand that science articles have to be dumbed down some for the common joe to understand them .... but do they have to dumb it down to first grader levels?

Journalists are actually supposed to write to an eighth-grade level.

 

[Luis G]

Is 8th grade one year before completing high-school?

 

[unclehobart]

No. That would be 12th... but getting through grade 12 barely means people can read at the 8th grade level anyway.

 

[Altron]

sunlight actually comes from a gravitational collapse of a cloud of gas

 

[2minkey]

sunlight actually comes from a gravitational collapse of a cloud of gas

wow. is that anything like "blowing sunshine up (someone's) ass?"

 

[BeardofPants]

Actually, it was a piss poorly written article about some half decent research. It's more like "The media strike again".

I understand that science articles have to be dumbed down some for the common joe to understand them .... but do they have to dumb it down to first grader levels?

 

[chcr]

sunlight actually comes from a gravitational collapse of a cloud of gas

Sunlight comes from nuclear (noo-cue-lar if you prefer) fusion. Fusion can be triggered by the gravitional collapse of a massive enough cloud of dust and gas.

For five points, is light a particle or a wave?

 

[chcr]

wow. is that anything like "blowing sunshine up (someone's) ass?"

No, but this was:

Sunlight comes from nuclear (noo-cue-lar if you prefer) fusion. Fusion can be triggered by the gravitional collapse of a massive enough cloud of dust and gas.

For five points, is light a particle or a wave?

 

[JJR512]

Light has properties of both particles and waves.

Photons should get mentioned in this somehow...

 

[Altron]

It's a particle, according to Quantum Mechanics.

 

[chcr]

Light has properties of both particles and waves.

Photons should get mentioned in this somehow...

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!

It's a particle, according to Quantum Mechanics.

Narrow definition, mon ami.

 

[Gonz]

doesn't a particle require mass?

 

[BeardofPants]

I can't believe there are people who don't know this

Due to its wave–particle duality, light can exhibit properties of both waves and particles.

 

[chcr]

I can't believe there are people who don't know this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light

According to many surveys, a lot of Americans (many right here on this board) still believe in biblical creation. I don't know why you're surprised.

 

[JJR512]

doesn't a particle require mass?

Nope.

 

[markjs]

Taken with S&P's brilliant editorial this is a funny thread *** 3 stars!

But really without the commentary I fail to see where it's hard to understand the excerpt.

 

[Gonz]

OK them, if not Duracell, how about