Science Megathread

[Ipquarx]

Except if a subatomic particle is moving then the atom is moving. While the body may be stationary its parts are not. If my finger is moving then I am moving.

It's considered to be not moving if there's no displacement, which is most likely what happens.

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[dkamm65]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

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[Doomonkey]

Thermodynamic temperature is an "absolute" scale because it is the measure of the fundamental property underlying temperature: its null or zero point, absolute zero, is the temperature at which the particle constituents of matter have minimal motion and can become no colder.[1][2]

At its simplest, temperature arises from the kinetic energy of the vibrational motions of matter's particle constituents (molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles).

It would appear that the definition of temperature and absolute zero already include subatomic particles, so wherever Frosting got his information is probably wrong or he misinterpreted it.

[Kisamber]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

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just loving blew my mind.

[Doomonkey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

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YouTube comment:
The biggest misconception about this experiment, and what has given rise to Observer-ism, is the detector. You can't collapse a wavefunction without interacting with it, which is what the detector does. It uses a particle, be it an electron, or photon, or whatever, to determine the position of the electron traveling through the slit. When this happens, there's an interaction, which collapses the wave. Consciousness has nothing to do with the wavefunction collapse.



It is true that in order to measure anything you must interact with it.

[Fluff-is-back]

Haha I love that video almost as good as the 2d-3d one

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I managed to get a neat little photo of Jupiter using an old webcam strapped to my telescope!

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A bump for science!

[Port]

i figured something out

x = x * 2 / 2 = x = x + 1 - 1