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Electrons are easy (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (5 children)

+1/2 h and -1/2 h

Fucking hate the people that insist on using only half of the number as if it was a real value. At least say you are working with natural unities or something.

" - How far is your house? - Oh, it's just 5!"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Except in this context the question is "how many blocks away is your house?" Where "5" is a completely valid response

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's h-bar, not h. And it really does make sense if you look deeper I to the math.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Using "+1/2" and "-1/2" as vector labels is fine. Using it on the context of "the spin can have those 2 values here" for laypeople without further explanation is just making the subject less accessible.

Also, yeah, I was too lazy to search for the unicode ħ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This might be a meme making fun of the inaccessibility of modern physics for laypeople.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

" - How far is your house? - Oh, it’s just 120"

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Or how about - "Walk around the block TWICE and it'll be right there, you can't miss it."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

You sound like my professor