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Newton found the correct formula for gravitational force, but could not explain WHY action at a distance could occur and it actually...
Apr 27, 2024
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Example of detailed mechanism in physics: When you talk and another person hears what you are saying, we understand the exact mechanism...
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Maxwell's equations do not explain the detailed mechanism by which EM waves travel self-propagatingly through vacuum. The equations...
Apr 27, 2024
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Please provide me with that version of the "how" (EM waves propagate in the vacuum) that you say most physicists agree on?
Apr 27, 2024
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I agree completely. The applied/practical side of physics is engineering, and that is where calculations are justified. But that is the...
Apr 27, 2024
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I am not alone in this. The following passage is from...
Apr 27, 2024
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Yes, we know that EM waves propagate through the vacuum, but there is so much controversy amongst physicists as to exactly HOW this...
Apr 27, 2024
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Yes, that is exactly my point about semantic consistency. If from the very beginning a wave is defined without reference to a "medium"...
Apr 27, 2024
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This is a very good definition, but the word "space" is used generically in order not to commit specifically to either "matter" or...
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Thank you for your reply. Imagine an equation describing the behavior of an automobile. Then when someone asks, "What is an...
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There is little respect in physics for semantics. Case in point: A WAVE is defined as "an oscillation (or disturbance) that travels...
Apr 26, 2024
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