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Engineering mathemagics (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For me, the weirdest thing is that when a charged particle moves through a magnetic field, it experiences a force perpendicular to the direction of motion; this results in the particle tracing out a curved path through the field. Like ... what the actual fuck? Why in hell would the universe be this way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's... huh...

Hey!!! Physicists!!! Can we get your input???

(Unless you're a physicist, in which case... fuck)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, imagine if friction worked like this. You'd push a heavy object ... and it would move to the left (or maybe the right?) like it was on ice.

FWIW I do have a Physics undergraduate degree. It doesn't help in this case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Well, shit hahaha but yeah, that would be weird as hell. I bet it has something to do with how electrons get aligned, but... I don't know much beyond electrons moving between their shells

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yea I only have a bachelor's in physics, can't explain the black magic fuckery that is electromagnetism. Go find someone with a PhD, I bailed to be an engineer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Why in hell would the universe be this way?

Bcz it's a simulation, or god is fucking with us. Who knows which one it is 🤷‍♀️