Magnetism is really -- WHAT?
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From: VWWall on 4 Mar 2010 22:58 Sylvia Else wrote: > On 2/03/2010 1:47 AM, MooseFET wrote: >> On Feb 28, 11:50 pm, Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>> On 1/03/2010 4:06 PM, fitz wrote: >>> >>>> Magnetism is really -- WHAT? >>> >>> Something that appears in the mathematical description of the Universe. >>> >>> Sylvia. >> >> Or perhaps our common word for a part of the electromagnetic theory >> at low frequencies. > > He to wants to explain what it really is in terms of other things, > apparently oblivious of the fact that those other things are also no > more than elements of the mathematical theory, whose real nature is just > as unspecified as that of magnetism. > > We should expunge the word "real" and its derivatives from the lexicon > of science. > What would you call the "real" and "imaginary" parts of complex numbers? Get real! :-) -- Virg Wall, P.E.
From: George Orr George on 4 Mar 2010 23:51 On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:58:45 -0800, VWWall <vwall(a)large.invalid> wrote: >Sylvia Else wrote: >> On 2/03/2010 1:47 AM, MooseFET wrote: >>> On Feb 28, 11:50 pm, Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>>> On 1/03/2010 4:06 PM, fitz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Magnetism is really -- WHAT? >>>> >>>> Something that appears in the mathematical description of the Universe. >>>> >>>> Sylvia. >>> >>> Or perhaps our common word for a part of the electromagnetic theory >>> at low frequencies. >> >> He to wants to explain what it really is in terms of other things, >> apparently oblivious of the fact that those other things are also no >> more than elements of the mathematical theory, whose real nature is just >> as unspecified as that of magnetism. >> >> We should expunge the word "real" and its derivatives from the lexicon >> of science. >> >What would you call the "real" and "imaginary" parts of complex numbers? > >Get real! :-) " I dreamed I was swimming with dolphins whispering imaginary numbers and ... " -Tito, Stand And Deliver". I have a special place inside Benoit's world set aside for my world. Where do the masses swallowed by a black hole get transported to? Imaginary Universes?
From: Jamie on 5 Mar 2010 19:16 VWWall wrote: > Sylvia Else wrote: > >> On 2/03/2010 1:47 AM, MooseFET wrote: >> >>> On Feb 28, 11:50 pm, Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>> >>>> On 1/03/2010 4:06 PM, fitz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Magnetism is really -- WHAT? >>>> >>>> >>>> Something that appears in the mathematical description of the Universe. >>>> >>>> Sylvia. >>> >>> >>> Or perhaps our common word for a part of the electromagnetic theory >>> at low frequencies. >> >> >> He to wants to explain what it really is in terms of other things, >> apparently oblivious of the fact that those other things are also no >> more than elements of the mathematical theory, whose real nature is >> just as unspecified as that of magnetism. >> >> We should expunge the word "real" and its derivatives from the lexicon >> of science. >> > What would you call the "real" and "imaginary" parts of complex numbers? > > Get real! :-) > REAL numbers : The numbers I see on my paycheck. Imaginary numbers : Those I would like to see on my paycheck.. And the complex part of it, is where the taxes are handled!
From: Sylvia Else on 6 Mar 2010 08:16 On 5/03/2010 2:58 PM, VWWall wrote: > Sylvia Else wrote: >> On 2/03/2010 1:47 AM, MooseFET wrote: >>> On Feb 28, 11:50 pm, Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>>> On 1/03/2010 4:06 PM, fitz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Magnetism is really -- WHAT? >>>> >>>> Something that appears in the mathematical description of the Universe. >>>> >>>> Sylvia. >>> >>> Or perhaps our common word for a part of the electromagnetic theory >>> at low frequencies. >> >> He to wants to explain what it really is in terms of other things, >> apparently oblivious of the fact that those other things are also no >> more than elements of the mathematical theory, whose real nature is >> just as unspecified as that of magnetism. >> >> We should expunge the word "real" and its derivatives from the lexicon >> of science. >> > What would you call the "real" and "imaginary" parts of complex numbers? > > Get real! :-) > I wondered whether I should expressly identify the mathematical usage as being of a homonym, being usage which attaches a different meaning to the same sound. "No," I thought, "No one will nitpick at that." Sylvia.
From: John Fields on 6 Mar 2010 08:55
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:16:17 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >I wondered whether I should expressly identify the mathematical usage as >being of a homonym, being usage which attaches a different meaning to >the same sound. "No," I thought, "No one will nitpick at that." --- Murphy's law at work, of course... JF |