Talk:123: Centrifugal Force - Revision history

42.book.addict at 17:50, 4 October 2025

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Yorkshire Pudding at 19:41, 11 June 2025

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Yorkshire Pudding at 19:40, 11 June 2025

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Bb777 at 02:35, 4 April 2025

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172.69.195.4 at 08:55, 9 November 2024

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Kazvorpal at 18:42, 29 January 2024

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Iggynelix at 12:09, 30 September 2020

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Iggynelix: Comment rxn

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Iggynelix: Typo

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Iggynelix: Rxn comment

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 ;"The surface of the Earth approximates an inertial frame."
 This isn't correct at all. If you're standing on Earth, you're experiencing an acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.11|108.162.238.11]] 00:56, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
+:Actually, that is incorrect. Right now i'm in my desk chair, not accelerating. The force of gravity is cancelled out by the force my chair exerts on me to maintain this status quo. You're correct that it's not an inertial frame, but that is because the ''force'' of gravity, not some ''acceleration'' [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.20|141.101.77.20]] 12:14, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 :: Noting that gravity _is_ an acceleration. In fact, a case could be made that it is ''the dominant acceleration'' experienced by normal matter with the possible exception of dark energy.[[User:Iggynelix|Iggynelix]] ([[User talk:Iggynelix|talk]]) 12:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
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 : It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.
 :: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
-:::yes, they still do, but you can argue that this phenomenon of 'Lie-to-children' are good, as science, especially physics, is carried out by models, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children, this idea originated by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
+:::yes, they still do, but you can argue that this phenomenon of 'Lie-to-children' are good, as science, especially physics, is carried out by models, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children, this idea originated by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart {{unsigned ip|172.69.195.4|08:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)}}
 On what if 2 he mentioned "Centrifuetal Force". --[[User:Bb777|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777|talk]]) 02:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

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 Nope. Literally being flung outwards right now. In real time.
 "But science says..."
-Science adjusts when errors are demonstrated. That's literally what science is. So, riddle me this, motherfucker: if science says no, and reality says yes, who do we listen to?
+Science adjusts when errors are demonstrated. That's literally what science is. So, riddle me this, motherfucker: if science says no, and reality says yes, who do we listen to? [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 19:41, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

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	On what if 2 he mentioned "Centrifuetal Force". --[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 02:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)		On what if 2 he mentioned "Centrifuetal Force". --[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 02:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Spin and you get flung.
		+	"But physics says there's no force."
		+	But it actually happens.
		+	"But it's centripetal. It's movement toward the centre."
		+	Nope. Literally being flung outwards right now. In real time.
		+	"But science says..."
		+	Science adjusts when errors are demonstrated. That's literally what science is. So, riddle me this, motherfucker: if science says no, and reality says yes, who do we listen to?

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	:: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)		:: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
	:::yes, they still do, but you can argue that this phenomenon of 'Lie-to-children' are good, as science, especially physics, is carried out by models, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children, this idea originated by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart		:::yes, they still do, but you can argue that this phenomenon of 'Lie-to-children' are good, as science, especially physics, is carried out by models, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children, this idea originated by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
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		+	On what if 2 he mentioned "Centrifuetal Force". --[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 02:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

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	: It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.		: It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.
	:: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)		:: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
		+	:::yes, they still do, but you can argue that this phenomenon of 'Lie-to-children' are good, as science, especially physics, is carried out by models, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children, this idea originated by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart

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	It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)		It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
	: It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.		: It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.
		+	:: Fewer of them do, because the parents have the power to hold them to higher standards. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 18:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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 ;Actually, that is incorrect. Right now i'm in my desk chair, not accelerating. The force of gravity is cancelled out by the force my chair exerts on me to maintain this status quo. You're correct that it's not an inertial frame, but that is because the ''force'' of gravity, not some ''acceleration'' [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.20|141.101.77.20]] 12:14, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
-:: Noting that gravity _is_ an acceleration. In fact, a case could be made that it is ''the dominant acceleration'' experienced by normal matter with the possible execution of dark energy.[[User:Iggynelix|Iggynelix]] ([[User talk:Iggynelix|talk]]) 12:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
+:: Noting that gravity _is_ an acceleration. In fact, a case could be made that it is ''the dominant acceleration'' experienced by normal matter with the possible exception of dark energy.[[User:Iggynelix|Iggynelix]] ([[User talk:Iggynelix|talk]]) 12:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 : It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.

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	It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)		It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
−	: It's also ~~in appropriate~~ and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.	+	: It's also inappropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.

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	It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)		It's NOT appropriate that lazy science teachers "lie to children" in that and various other ways. The kids can understand far more than the teachers assume, so that their choices of limitation are self-fulfilling prophecy, producing ignorant victims of the public school system. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 01:39, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
		+	: It's also in appropriate and perhaps just as ignorant to assert that such oversimplifications only occur in _public_ schools. There are lots of private school teachers extolling the same simplification.