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I'm trying to explain how articles often conflate "intuition" with "breaking physics", and you're making your argument by conflating them. We're having differen
by pwr-electronics 4y ago
I'm trying to explain how articles often conflate "intuition" with "breaking physics", and you're making your argument by conflating them. We're having different conversations.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoWhere have I said anything about any of this breaking physics, other than repeatedly clarifying that it doesn't...?
- pwr-electronics 4y ago> With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break classical thermodynamics https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31008263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31008263
- marginalia_nu 4y agoOperative word being classical. Quantum physics breaks classical physics. Stopped being controversial about a hundred years ago. Thw very same comment specifically states that physics itself is not broken.
- pwr-electronics 4y agoOk, so you're confirming that you're doing exactly what I said popular science articles often do.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoNo I am not. Breaking classical physics is not breaking physics.
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- pwr-electronics 4y agoI'm running out of ways to explain myself, so I'll just reword and summarize this thread from my perspective: OC: Is it broken? Me: No, they make generous interpretations to claim that it's broken. You: With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break ... Like I said, we're not having the same conversation.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoThis is just sophistry. You're omitting the crucial context of what it is in these sentences, and it is only when this is done they appear contradictory.
- pwr-electronics 4y agoOf course there are contradictions. I'm talking about journalistic style in magazines. You're talking about something else.