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Absolutely. His "gravity is not a force" video led me through a whole range of emotions from "this is ridiculous" to "actually..." to "holy crap, I've been wron
by cgrealy 5y ago
Absolutely. His "gravity is not a force" video led me through a whole range of emotions from "this is ridiculous" to "actually..." to "holy crap, I've been wrong about this my entire life".
In terms of sheer brain-breaking... this is my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJcsL7vyrk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJcsL7vyrk
But this is the one I think people on HN need to watch most
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I
- aphroz 5y agoFeigenbaum constant was definitely hardcoded
- StephenAmar 5y agoThe gravity video was instrumental in me finally understanding years of physics classes. And the YouTube algorithm was actually really useful and made discover this series of video on special relativity: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaVOjvkzQtyjhV55wZcdicAz5KexgKvm https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaVOjvkzQtyjhV55wZcdicAz...
- elcomet 5y agoForces are just models to predict interactions between particles. It's only a model (a very accurate one though) so nothing is "really" a force. They are not material objects. But for gravity, something even more accurate was found to model it.