Universal Monk@mander.xyz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoPhysics Said These Quantum Particles Couldn't Exist. Now, Math Has Proven They Canwww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down17
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkPhysics Said These Quantum Particles Couldn't Exist. Now, Math Has Proven They Canwww.iflscience.comUniversal Monk@mander.xyz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoYou can prove a lot of things with math. Doesn’t mean they’re real.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 days ago“And math’s just physics unconstrained by precepts of reality ” Source: xkcd, every major’s terrible, square 2
minus-squareUniversal Monk@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoFair point. And another poster voiced his frustration with the headline. And I guess I am not smart enough to realize that this was a poor article. I’m not being smarmy, I honestly didn’t realize it was a bad science article.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAs a rule of thumb, you can usually assume anything from iflscience is trash tier.
minus-squareUniversal Monk@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoUnderstood. I’ll note that moving forward. Thanks!
You can prove a lot of things with math. Doesn’t mean they’re real.
“And math’s just physics unconstrained by precepts of reality ”
Source: xkcd, every major’s terrible, square 2
Fair point. And another poster voiced his frustration with the headline. And I guess I am not smart enough to realize that this was a poor article.
I’m not being smarmy, I honestly didn’t realize it was a bad science article.
As a rule of thumb, you can usually assume anything from iflscience is trash tier.
Understood. I’ll note that moving forward. Thanks!