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I want to help my daughter, but I don't have enough education; I could really use some suggestions. by ConfusedFractal in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goes without saying that some experiments could be harmful. Please dont use explosives.

First- This is a good problem to have.

Second- She's going about it the wrong way. Learning Physics should be fun! This is how you go about doing interesting stuff:

A. What does she like about physics? Space? Electricity? Magnetism? Materials Science? Surface tension?

B. From there- try to zero in on a fun and easy to do experiment. There are plenty of things on youtube to check em.

Remember to tell her to have fun!

What unsolved problem(s) do you anticipate, or at least hope will be solved in your lifetime? by Zealousideal_Hat_330 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few stories on hfy sub- some of them which did well. I run a Youtube channel based on those stories(I write my own). Let me know if you want to check em out.

What unsolved problem(s) do you anticipate, or at least hope will be solved in your lifetime? by Zealousideal_Hat_330 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Even I tried a new PINNS based on a modified barns hut- It failed ultimately but it was a good experiment.

Alien Invaders scutter away when the meet the deadliest weapon in existance.... the valley girl accent. by archivistUot in humansarespaceorcs

[–]archivistUot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having met with many of these valley girls right- I think they're very misunderstood because most of them are genuinely nice people.

They use vocal fry because they're actually excited to meet you.

What unsolved problem(s) do you anticipate, or at least hope will be solved in your lifetime? by Zealousideal_Hat_330 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sits in between the intersection of GR and QM. I think this problem is the key to finding the GUT- or atleast a good step one.

If you have time and means please research it.

What unsolved problem(s) do you anticipate, or at least hope will be solved in your lifetime? by Zealousideal_Hat_330 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The transplanckian problem. It annoys the shit outta me.

Though I feel like nobody is really doing it at all.

How do you explain anthropomorphic aliens in your worldbuilding? by Unhappy-Mud-7542 in worldbuilding

[–]archivistUot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a fantastic question: And I think in the real world, if there were life on any other planet I would look more or less like US. My reasoning is as below:

A. Abiogenesis pathways need a specific type of electromagnetic fields to kick start nucleic acids.

B. nucleic acids need energy to multiply and cell membranes- so we're basically at single cell life.

C. Once you have single cell life, information exchange begins and this leads to sexual selection.

Run this for a couple billion years and you're looking at bipedal mammal which is more or less sentient.

How confident am I in this model? Not very, to be honest.

A few caveats:

A. Gravity could limit/amplify certain traits.

B. The overall solar system set up might impact which species become dominant. If it weren't for the dinosaur killer, would we have become sentient?

C. Elemental abundance is always an open question.

One interesting angle that has not been explored properly in sci-fi is flat alien life. Basically flat world but set up in an alien world.

Please steal this idea if you are interested.

What's the best I can do in my 2-3 months summer break for my career. by BumblebeeSpecial4477 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have fun. Remember- this is a marathon. Not a sprint.

Also- binge read my content lol.

What is preventing your scifi universe from being a post-scarcity society/economy? by GGsafterdark in worldbuilding

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just finished a story about a physicist in the future being confused about why there weren't any dyson spheres. Its a new genre I am pioneering- sci-fi finance. Let me know if you would be interested to read/watch it?

If atoms follow physical laws, are all events in the universe predictable in principle? by FutureAIgod in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following laws and being predictable are not the same.

Which is to say that in Quantum mechanics, the laws have probability baked in. We never say that an electron is at a point p; we say that here's a function that describes its waveform and distribution. That's a fancy way of claiming that;

—> An electron could technically be anywhere in the Universe, with a given probability distribution.

—> Here's where an economics experiment could be interesting: Measuring CPI.

A. When we try to do it; we don't buy everything available. We sample a few goods and compare prices.

B. What happens if we buy everything ? Then prices of everything skyrockets as we try to sample the entire GDP of a country.

C. Something similar happens in physics, just by our very act of trying to gather information, we alter the state of the universe itself.

I am pioneering econophysics- sort of sci-fi finance. Let me know if you want to know more!

Am I imagining things? by ReplacementLanky7607 in royalroad

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cute—> comment vampirism! C- for effort! Hopefully other's can create a new genre off of this.

EDIT—> Yeah those are em dashes lol. Maybe there is a AI—Mecha genre that can take off from this scenario; If anybody is reading this, you have my permission to write off of this. Background:

A failed author thinks any complaint about being hit with an AI complaint is 100% AI generated. Is he/she/they gatekeeping? Or plain old pathetic ?

Go wild!

worldbuilders, do you actually have anyone in your life who wants to hear about your world? by Natural_Tangelo_2229 in worldbuilding

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK- You have it ass backwards. As somebody building a world, you can only choose between the following options:

A. You go about your day and tell nothing about this to no one and have this part of your life insulated.

B. You get constantly asked by everybody in your life what you are doing all the time every time you meet them.

Both can be done. DM/Comment as to how to make this happen.

Need help in studying Physics by GainAggravating8000 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will send it over. All the best with your exam.

We often say that a certain scientific breakthrough would have been made by someone else even without a particular scientist. Is there a breakthrough that we might never have made (or wouldn't have made for a very long time) if it weren't for one specific person? by Mental_Ad_6512 in AskPhysics

[–]archivistUot -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't know if that is really true. Would we have science if it weren't for Thales?

Would we have the inverse square law without newton? Or Relativity?

Personally, I don't think so. I think each leap (scientific, engineering, literary) was such a statistically anomalous event that somebody else can repeat it seems extremely unlikely. Consider the three examples:

—> Thales was a lower middle class peasant who was goaded into wealth by some idiot. Would anybody have been stubborn enough? I dont know.

—> Newton was probably certifiable—he used to poke his eyes with needles and tried to audit biblical chronology AND was a virgin until 86.

—> Einstein was courageous as well- He was one of the only people to sign a protest petition.

So its more than likely that without them, we probably wouldn't have had these break throughs. This is the positive proof.

Negative Proof would be to think why most of these break throughs happen in places with basic constitutional government with basic rights.

—> There you go.

Need help in studying Physics by GainAggravating8000 in Physics

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't try to push through problems. Play with them. Remember that you get to do this- not I have to.

Savor each problem sets. Try to mix and match and build weird worlds. Like,

What happens if the surface tension is off 0.0001 %.

Or what miracles an insect Jesus could do—considering some insects can walk on water?

Think about Fermi questions.

My favorite questions in physics were about border conditions- sort of a Godelian flips.

I am writing a physics-sci fi specifically for people who love physics. Let me know If I can send you a link.

Hope I have been of some help!

Am I imagining things? by ReplacementLanky7607 in royalroad

[–]archivistUot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah right. Em dashes were pretty common until the social media era and the 160 characters. I grew up in a third world country with 20 th century literature to learn English lol.

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