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We're not asking you to defend this physicist. There's an obviously confusing bit about conservation of mass here, which lead to the user citing the Law of Cons
by mowenz 9y ago
We're not asking you to defend this physicist. There's an obviously confusing bit about conservation of mass here, which lead to the user citing the Law of Conservation of Mass, that I already asked about, and which you are now ignoring. That's the thing to focus on, not on Frank Wilczek. We already know the poster (unwittingly) was a bit presumptious, but in my opinion I think it would be better to focus on the ideas and let the presumptiousness just slide.
- pvg 9y agoWhat's the confusing bit?
- mowenz 9y agoWhat's remarkable about conservation of mass in the author's example that's not already formulized in the Law of Conservation of Mass?
- pvg 9y agoWhich law? You mentioned Lavoisier and I think someone else already covered this well. It's hard to figure out what your question is from your strident defense of 'someone is being an ass on messageboards'.
- mowenz 9y agoI think you're taking taking it personally, and beginning to use inflammatory language. I think you are thinking emotionally about this and that is why you are misinterpreting my thoughts. Wiczek himself thinks it's an unintuitive notion to question such an assumpion. Yes the poster didn't pose it as a question. We already agree that is presumptious, and a mistake. Where we disagree is the bigger mistake is in not explaining the poster's confusion. I don't think you or anyone is being an "ass." Let's take a cooling off period from this so we don't get upset over some small disagreement on the value of deferring to faith in authority.
- pvg 9y agoWhat is the thing you found confusing that you wanted to ask about. I'm not in the slightest bit upset to think someone is being an ass. Or, as in your case, a condescending twit. I'm just curious about this supposed question.
- mowenz 9y agoYou don't need to use offensive language, or call me a condescending twit. That's out of order. The question is stated more than once in this thread and has already been adressed by others--this much you have even said yourself. Calm down.