/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9751211
>What a fucking rip off.
boo hoo poorfag

>Just because you think you understand some metaphysical concept doesn't mean it's true.
just because you're salty about not understanding it doesn't mean it's not true
also lmao @ you referring to literal physics as a metaphysical concept

>Just other words for electromagnetism.
if you're a brainlet with zero knowledge of basic physics

>This footage disproves that: >>9745837
you mean the footage with loads of cloud cover and too much glare and bloom to see the shape of the sun?
oops, we're back on proof-by-shitty-instrumentation again

>>9751220
>Is that how helium balloons work?
yes, actually. air is denser than helium, so it and the earth are attracted more strongly than the helium and the earth, so the air moves downwards and forces the helium upwards.

>I wonder why he used lead balls?
because they are dense, like you
>Nothing to do with static electricity (electromagnetism) of course.
lead, like most metals, is conductive, and therefore cannot hold a triboelectric charge while connected to the rest of the apparatus by metal wires. nice try, retard.

>Because it's moving further away
but if the earth isn't between the sun and the viewer, how can it block the view of the sun?
>this is how perspective works
wrong
>Prove it doesn't
prove it DOES. you reject any experiment I propose because you think the laws of perspective are different for large objects than small ones.

>empirical measurement requires observation, but also the aid of instruments to provide a more universal, or approximate measurement
this is false
and also "approximate" does not mean what you think it does.

>I don't think the pilot was filming with a 35mm camera.
but you admit that it's possible to take a video without extreme distortion! thank you very much

>That was quick. Did you just make that up or did you actually leave your basement to the beach outside in your garden?
I live right near a beach, moron. it's like a ten minute walk.

>>8589159
sleep tight, I left something for ya
:^)
arf

probably bait but...

The earliest astronauts were elite fighter pilots, because that's what it took to fly early spacecraft.
Today's astronauts still typically come from an Air Force background, but what keeps them and their ship in one piece is the ability to take a bunch of sensor readouts and determine what the correct course of action is. They need to be smart and they need to have a good technical background, but most importantly they need to think and react quickly, and they train intensively to heighten their abilities in that regard. The brainiacs down at Mission Control can't react as quickly because they're removed from the action and subject to the vagaries of communication transmissions; all they can really do is advise and provide technical information when needed.

I highly recommend "An Astronaut's Guide to Life On Earth", by Col. Chris Hadfield, the famous Canadian Ehstronaut.