Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insulators

Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by pwr-electronics on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:38PM (#31008529)

I'm trying to explain how articles often conflate "intuition" with "breaking physics", and you're making your argument by conflating them. We're having different conversations.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by marginalia_nu on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:10PM (#31008866)

Where have I said anything about any of this breaking physics, other than repeatedly clarifying that it doesn't...?

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by pwr-electronics on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:20PM (#31008948)

> With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break classical thermodynamics

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31008263

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by marginalia_nu on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:31PM (#31009031)

Operative word being classical. Quantum physics breaks classical physics. Stopped being controversial about a hundred years ago.

Thw very same comment specifically states that physics itself is not broken.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by pwr-electronics on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:50PM (#31009186)

Ok, so you're confirming that you're doing exactly what I said popular science articles often do.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by marginalia_nu on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:56PM (#31009224)

No I am not. Breaking classical physics is not breaking physics.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by pwr-electronics on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @07:38PM (#31009550)

I'm running out of ways to explain myself, so I'll just reword and summarize this thread from my perspective:

OC: Is it broken?

Me: No, they make generous interpretations to claim that it's broken.

You: With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break ...

Like I said, we're not having the same conversation.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by marginalia_nu on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @04:14AM (#31012278)

This is just sophistry. You're omitting the crucial context of what it is in these sentences, and it is only when this is done they appear contradictory.

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Re:Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insula... by pwr-electronics on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @07:51AM (#31013562)

Of course there are contradictions. I'm talking about journalistic style in magazines. You're talking about something else.

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