Comments by "Jake Johnson" (@ElectronFieldPulse) on "Sabine Hossenfelder" channel.

How much math have you taken to understand all of those different concepts? I stopped at calc 2, haha.
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@ricardosanto5859 - I understand much of the broad strokes. For example, I know matrices are a way to solve or model multi variable equations and how they correlate with each other, but I don’t know the exact steps to calculate them. The problem is, I don’t know what insights I am missing that can only be achieved with understanding the math. For example, would studying schrodingers equation, would I learn more than a wave of probability evolved as waves do if you set the initial conditions? Do I need to know how to use hamiltonians to understand that they describe how particles evolve in a given environment? Or any system really, since Hamiltonians were first used for classical problems. I obviously cannot know as much as a physicist, but it is difficult to known what I should really spend my time on
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@ - Thanks for the info! I love reading comments like these. I wish I could add something intelligent in response, but I appreciate being able to learn
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@fivish - Specifically, measurements cause decoherence, right? So it requires an apparatus thar absorbs a wave function and releases another one that is no longer coherent with the second slit in the double slit experiment, for example.
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What covalent bonds are you talking about? The one in H2 molecules? Because breaking the covalent bond isn't a big deal, that doesn't require a lot of energy. It is the fusion of nuclei that is impressive, and that occurs at temperatures well, well beyond those required to break covalent binds. I do like how you talk about gravity wells converting matter into energy though. It basically accelerates the half life and consequent destruction of atoms, finding a new minimum energy level
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@dominikschonberg6486 - The obsession with minorities and making them saints is so wild. All while demonizing Europeans. They really expect this schtick will do anything except piss everyone off
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@nijahnterramin4458 - This is the biggest problem with the trans movement, you guys need society to play along or you break down as individuals. Gay people just wanted to be left alone, but you guys are demanding the entire world play along with your fantasy or else people will lose their livelihoods. Can you see why people are pushing back? Can you see why you aren't asking to be left alone, but rather you are demanding everyone join in on your fantasy?
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@themachine5647 - Really? Empirically, capitalism is far and away the best economic system available. You can argue over the specifics of welfare, which even the United States has, but that doesn't mean it isn't capitalism. There are no success stories for socialism/communism. From the start, you are forfeiting your human rights, and if one more socialist says "Socialism isn't authoritarian, it just worked out that way every single time when tried!" I will lose it. There is no rational argument for an alternative to capitalism at this moment, only ideology and faith. If anything, she was too soft. Capitalism has been an amazing success for humanity which has allowed for the incredibly easy lifestyles we live now compared to the past. That was all thanks to capitalism.
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@spaghettinoodle6734 - Is that the fault of GR or is it because of dark matter or some unknown force? It will be interesting to find out why our theories are incomplete. I usually think of QM when thinking of GR being incomplete, but galaxy clusters are another good one
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@spaghettinoodle6734 - Yes, that is the challenge. Maybe wave functions evolve in different directions depending on gravity, kind of like water flowing between two dams which redirect its flow. Who knows, but it would be awesome if someone found out. As far as dark matter goes, I have always had the feeling that it is just a stop gap and not actually representative of what is going on.
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@justskip4595 - Perkala
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@Andrea-nu8gx - Light can travel different speeds in different mediums, is this true if gravitational waves? I am guessing no, since I can't think of an equivalent of a medium they pass through.
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@matthewparker9276 - Well, GR and special relativity say that matter is made of energy which is confined to a localized area, so the energy is still moving at a constant speed, but it can only donate its velocity to evolving matter through time or space. The more the energy works to move the matter through space, the less the matter evolves through time, hence objects age more slowly when they start moving fast. Kind of like imagining a buzzing molecule start to slow down and almost stop buzzing as it approaches the speed of light, since that "buzz" is just energy moving at the speed of light, but confined to the molecule it is a part of. Going in loops and loops if you will. So, electromagnetic waves slowing down in a medium wouldn't affect the predictions as far as I am aware, as that doesn't change the basic premise of time dilation and all the other effects of SR and GR.
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@ldbarthel - How could that be when gravity is everywhere? Wouldn't everything collapse instantaneously in that case.
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@spaghettinoodle6734 - There has to be some way to connect them. In QM, everything happens in a predictable and constant basis. Wave functions evolve at the same speed, aren't affected by gravity, etc.. But there has to be a way to determine the line between a QM world and a GR one.
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