▲ 805 ▼ average physics student vs POTUS 47 (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (5 children) Feynman was a bit pedantic sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago This seems to be easily said of anyone trying to popularize science philosophy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) That is sort of how the universe operates though. You can have a greater and greater understanding of the underlying principles of physics but eventually you do get to "that just how it is". Why is there no such thing as a negative photon, apparently we just can't have a negative excitation in the photon field, no one knows why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I mean one of the points he's making there comes up in every good science class: science doesn't answer 'why' it answers 'how'. The goal of science is to describe what we see in the world; science less about explaining things. Its easy to do without being a pedant. He's absolutely being pedantic on camera in that clip. Like if you look at how people treat science now: MAGA completely pissing on it because its funded by snake oil people. Rich guys like Elon Musk cynically using it as a way to bilk the public and government. The press just has different goals than the scientific community and I would say that clip showed some of that friction manifest. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I'd expect nothing less from a scientist. Decrying pedantry from a scientist would be like decrying financial accuracy from an accountant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago When its warranted yes, the pedantry is a plus. The gift of a talented pop scientist is to know when to turn on and off the pedantry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago This seems to be easily said of anyone trying to popularize science philosophy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) That is sort of how the universe operates though. You can have a greater and greater understanding of the underlying principles of physics but eventually you do get to "that just how it is". Why is there no such thing as a negative photon, apparently we just can't have a negative excitation in the photon field, no one knows why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I mean one of the points he's making there comes up in every good science class: science doesn't answer 'why' it answers 'how'. The goal of science is to describe what we see in the world; science less about explaining things. Its easy to do without being a pedant. He's absolutely being pedantic on camera in that clip. Like if you look at how people treat science now: MAGA completely pissing on it because its funded by snake oil people. Rich guys like Elon Musk cynically using it as a way to bilk the public and government. The press just has different goals than the scientific community and I would say that clip showed some of that friction manifest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I mean one of the points he's making there comes up in every good science class: science doesn't answer 'why' it answers 'how'. The goal of science is to describe what we see in the world; science less about explaining things. Its easy to do without being a pedant. He's absolutely being pedantic on camera in that clip. Like if you look at how people treat science now: MAGA completely pissing on it because its funded by snake oil people. Rich guys like Elon Musk cynically using it as a way to bilk the public and government. The press just has different goals than the scientific community and I would say that clip showed some of that friction manifest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I'd expect nothing less from a scientist. Decrying pedantry from a scientist would be like decrying financial accuracy from an accountant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago When its warranted yes, the pedantry is a plus. The gift of a talented pop scientist is to know when to turn on and off the pedantry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago When its warranted yes, the pedantry is a plus. The gift of a talented pop scientist is to know when to turn on and off the pedantry. permalink fedilink source parent
