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longship

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3. Sounds a bit kooky to me.
Sat Nov 23, 2013, 07:12 PM
Nov 2013

Because it's a bit straw mannish and shows an exceptional ignorance of physics.

The following is meant to be snarky:

1) Physicists measure energetic events in electron-volts for both mass and energy because by relativity they are equivalent (!!! Thanks, Albert!) and an electron-volt is not a fucking electrical unit, it is a unit of energy. If the guy who wrote this article had paid attention in freshman physics he would know that. In Quantum 101 one learns to measure almost everything in electron-volts; it simplifies all the equations. Of course, any good sophomore physics major already knows that.

2) Duh!!!! They give off X-rays because they are bombarded with all sorts of shit from the Sun. You'd emit X-rays, too. But of course, you'd be long dead by then so you'd probably not remember freshman physics and E&M week (electricity and magnetism, you'd better be up on your calculus). Best to take an astronomy course before deciding to perform a personal test of your theory of why comets give off X-rays. Maybe it's better to just measure a comet.

Or maybe the person who wrote this tripe should get a brain wash by sticking his head into the LHC main beam.

Yup! That would do it.

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Well, that's science for you. You think everything has been settled Warpy Nov 2013 #1
Well put. Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #2
Sounds a bit kooky to me. longship Nov 2013 #3
I said "Electron Volts... AND Amperes." Ain't that some "shit" Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #6
The guy does not understand unit analysis. longship Nov 2013 #7
...the combination of which is called a watt. Which is a measurement of of electrical or thermal Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #9
So did you mean "and" to imply multiplication? caraher Nov 2013 #10
And as in "As well as" Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #16
There are mysteries out there, but I don't think either of these are unexplained caraher Nov 2013 #4
For example. The prolific use of terms such as solar wind... Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #8
I'm missing the part where NASA is hiding something caraher Nov 2013 #11
Misinterpreting. Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #15
A volt is a joule per coulomb muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #5
I mean large scale flows of charge from anode to cathode. Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #13
'anode' and 'cathode' in space? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #17
Then explain the physics of why particles... Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #18
Quick guess: Rutherford-scattering DetlefK Nov 2013 #19
It's called coulomb scattering and denotes the (alpha) particle's momentum changes to 180°... Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #20
You are unnecessarily complicating it. DetlefK Nov 2013 #21
“There no longer exists any guidance on what constitutes getting out of the Solar System" Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #22
PS Same formula, different name. Blue State Bandit Nov 2013 #24
Oh boy, it's electric universe time again. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #12
If space is electrically neutral......... dimbear Nov 2013 #14
How Philosophy Corrupted Physics cantbeserious Nov 2013 #23
You can't be serious caraher Nov 2013 #25
One Of The Common Fallacies - Ad Hominen Attacks - Listen To What The Man Says Before Attacking cantbeserious Nov 2013 #26
The world is full of BS caraher Nov 2013 #27
If You Had Bothered - You Would Learn That He Holds Master's Degrees In Both Philosophy And Physics cantbeserious Nov 2013 #28
I actually tried in vain to find his CV online, though sure he does hold those degrees caraher Nov 2013 #29
Well The Same Could Be Said For Economists Like Steve Keen That Are Outside The Economic Mainstream cantbeserious Nov 2013 #30
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