[_ Old Earth _] The complex question of "Why?" in Science.

[Milk-Drops]

I was perusing a playlist from a Youtube channel I'm quite fond of and found an excellent video. The concept of "Why?" in science tends to make searching for answers very interesting and complex due to our ability as humans to personalize or anthropomorphize concepts. This video does a great job at looking at this from a physics perspective and starts out by talking about magnets. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.

 

[jasonc]

not really much I will say .

 

[Barbarian]

I'm on an iPad, and sound is not working for this video for some reason.

 

[Sinthesis]

My iPad sound is working.
He's one of my favorite scientists to listen to.

 

[Barbarian]

Have you read Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman?
Got it. Feynman is telling us that magnets work because of one of the four forces that presently can't be further simplified into more basic things. They just are.

Maybe we can resolve this into one basic force, but we don't know yet.

Everything we see here is the result of just four rules, or possibly just one. I'm in awe of a God capable of that kind of elegance.

 

[Milk-Drops]

Have you read Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman?

No, but I found it on Amazon and I'll be picking it up and adding it to my abyss of need to reads. XD

 

[Barbarian]

He had a rather colorful life. Worth your time.

 

[jasonc]

I was perusing a playlist from a Youtube channel I'm quite fond of and found an excellent video. The concept of "Why?" in science tends to make searching for answers very interesting and complex due to our ability as humans to personalize or anthropomorphize concepts. This video does a great job at looking at this from a physics perspective and starts out by talking about magnets. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.

Kinda like me trying to explain ac components to the layman on a car

 

[Barbarian]

The more knowledgeable, the teacher, the more simply he explains things.

Feynman's contributions to physics are legendary, but he insisted on teaching introductory physics. A great scientist, but an equally great teacher.

 

[Mike S]

The more knowledgeable, the teacher, the more simply he explains things.

Feynman's contributions to physics are legendary, but he insisted on teaching introductory physics. A great scientist, but an equally great teacher.

You think so? I've found it's a rather unusual engineer or scientist who can explain things both in highly technical terms for his peers, and simply understandable terms for layman. It's the same for academics having to speak or write for audiences of varying levels of familiarity in their fields.

 

[jasonc]

You think so? I've found it's a rather unusual engineer or scientist who can explain things both in highly technical terms for his piers, and simply understandable terms for layman. It's the same for academics having to speak or write for audiences of varying levels of familiarity in their fields.

I will say the same.most people get how the basics of a radiator works,but don't get how a condenser or heater core work similar to the radiator. The hardest part to explain is how freon can be a high pressure liquid prior to the expansion valve and cool enough to absorb heat.

 

[Sinthesis]

The complex question of "Why?"
The simple question of "Huh?"

 

[Barbarian]

You think so? I've found it's a rather unusual engineer or scientist who can explain things both in highly technical terms for his peers, and simply understandable terms for layman. It's the same for academics having to speak or write for audiences of varying levels of familiarity in their fields.

I think so. Of course it's normal for a scientist to use complex jargon when talking to his peers. It saves time, because he can say a lot in a few words. But if he really understands it, he can state it simply, in a way that is accessible to laymen.

It is true that good scientists are frequently not great teachers. As Feynman demonstrated, great ones often are.

 

[Barbarian]

I will say the same.most people get how the basics of a radiator works,but don't get how a condenser or heater core work similar to the radiator. The hardest part to explain is how freon can be a high pressure liquid prior to the expansion valve and cool enough to absorb heat.

. Confusing temperature with thermal energy, um?