Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons

Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by alekseiprokopev on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:32AM (#38444048)

I remember one of the first question asked in university was "what's an electric current?" I said something along the lines "it's a directed flow of charged particles". The professor asked do you contain charged particles, do you move, are you an electric current?

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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by tux3 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:46AM (#38444744)

Classic syllogistic fallacy, too!

    All electric currents transport charges
    Students transport charges
    Therefore, students are electric currents

Aristotélēs wouldn't approve of this one.

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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by mydogcanpurr on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:00PM (#38450428)

No, it’s valid reasoning.

  All things that transport charges are electric currents.
  Students transport charges.
  Therefore, students are electric currents.

It could be that we disagree on what it means to define something.

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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by patates on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:03AM (#38444204)

You may not be a current, hopefully that sparked some lively discussions in the classroom.

Humans also contain air, are we also air currents?

Some people hate getting stuck on such semantics, but I find them fascinating.

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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by otikik on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:26AM (#38444322)

That professor probably had an electrifying personality

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