xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument

2 years ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd

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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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gandalf_der_12te 35 points 2 years ago

Is this... an introductory course in relativity, disguised as a joke?

Am I accidentally learning something here?

Guys?

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moosetwin 20 points 2 years ago

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yes it is

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jungle 36 points 2 years ago

Not really, relativity plays no role here. It's classical Newtonian physics.

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kurosawaa 5 points 2 years ago

XKCD is basically all math jokes.

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