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| From | Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: What is a particle? |
| Date | 2018-08-03 18:13 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <pk2617$1kmd$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (20 earlier) <pjvob1$1nh5$1@gioia.aioe.org> <pk06si$dui$2@gioia.aioe.org> <pk0994$gt8$1@gioia.aioe.org> <pk1k6v$k50$1@gioia.aioe.org> <pk23kd$1gpf$2@gioia.aioe.org> |
benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/3/2018 9:09 AM, Odd Bodkin wrote: >> benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 8/2/2018 8:16 PM, Odd Bodkin wrote: >>>> benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On 8/2/2018 11:00 AM, Michael Moroney wrote: >>>>>> benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you have read as many texts as you >>>>>>>>> pretend you'd have read it too. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Why don't you start with something simple and down at your amateur >>>>>>>>> level, OK? Like say Google or wikipedia? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "A field line is a locus that is defined by a vector field and a >>>>>>>>> starting location within the field. Field lines are useful for >>>>>>>>> visualizing vector fields, which are otherwise hard to depict. Unlike >>>>>>>>> longitude and latitude lines on a globe, or topographic lines on a >>>>>>>>> topographic map, they are not physically present at any locations; they >>>>>>>>> are merely conceptual tools." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's right! How does that make them nonsense?? >>>>>>>> Here are your statements: >>>>>>>> They do not make sense and have never made sense. >>>>>>>> Mathematically "field lines" are utter nonsense. >>>>>>>> There is no consistent way you can define these fantasy "lines" from a >>>>>>>> field. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How does it follow from them not being physically there that they are utter >>>>>>>> nonsense?? >>>>>>>> Is a conceptual tool that is widely used utter nonsense? >>>>>> >>>>>>> I said "mathematical nonsense" you science retard. If you are going to >>>>>>> make up what I say, then just post for both of us. They make clear the >>>>>>> "lines" cannot be counted and have no true numerical meaning. That they >>>>>>> make pretty pictures has nothing to do with math. That is your kind of >>>>>>> understanding, isn't it? To you pretty pictures are science! >>>>>> >>>>>> Calling them "nonsense" because they don't physically exist is like >>>>>> calling iso elevation curves on a topo map "nonsense" because if you go >>>>>> out in the field, no hills have iso elevation curves or slope gradients on >>>>>> them! It is an instructive tool, and is pretty much what John S. has been >>>>>> asking for since he is (too!) visually oriented. >>>>>> >>>>> Odd is just ignorant, but you sort of just don't get it. It's not about >>>>> stripes on a hill! Didn't you read the wiki piece? There are no >>>>> longitude stripes on the ground yet they exist and are mathematically >>>>> real. The problem here is mathematically they can't really be defined >>>>> like elevation curves can. I'll ask you like I keep asking Odd. Just how >>>>> many field lines are there around an electron sitting in space? Give me >>>>> that number! >>>>> >>>> >>>> You say equipotential surfaces around a charged ping pong ball are real. >>>> How many are there? Count them. Charged ping pong ball has 2.1nC on it. Go >>>> for it. What’s the number of equipotentials within a meter radius? >>>> >>> There is just one equipotential surface at 1 meter radius. >> >> Not what I asked. How many equipotential surfaces WITHIN 1 meter radius. >> Don’t dodge. You know you are trying to just stir the pot for fun. >> >>> but now many >>> "field lines" are flowing outward from the ball? And what exactly do >>> field lines represent physically? The field? Certainly not. >> >> Yes, the field. It is a visual representation of the field. Look at your >> own Wikipedia citation. > > Yes, Visual but not mathematical. My head is starting to hurt from > pouonding it against your hard head. John is right. And the difference is only whether the scale is shown or not shown. As is befitting the purpose of the diagram in its context. Here is a topographical map with the scales removed. https://medialoot.com/item/vector-topographic-map-contours/ > >>> A flow of >>> something? What is flowing in an electric field? It's a concept going >>> nowhere. once again Faraday just got off the track. >>> >> >> >> > > -- Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables
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