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Re:I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate [... by vexxed-concave on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:50PM (#29599752)
True. It’s one of only a handful of YT videos I’ve ever left a comment on. In summary, just because something is “wrong” at one scale doesn’t invalidate useful models and workaday theorems at another.

Also, for such a pedantic video his field lines were wrong.

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Re:I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate [... by GenerocUsername on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:57PM (#29599821)
Yeah, the assumption that Derek is 3 steps ahead might be wrong and he might just be wrong.

Well played though that the world thinks he knew his wrongness would spur debate.

Speaks to his earned credibility, but not to his infallibility.

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Re:I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate [... by JshWright on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:15PM (#29599976)
> It’s one of only a handful of YT videos I’ve ever left a comment on.

Which was exactly his point— It's called "engagement".

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