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Sometimes I can't wrap my head around certain concepts in physics. Is this normal? Or are you supposed to fully understand everything that comes your way?

>> No.3455244

physics is essentially a branch of philosophy; long winded bullshit that doesn't make sense and really doesn't mean anything

tl;dr physics is pseudoscience bullshit

>> No.3455251

unless it happened after 1905, no.

>> No.3455258

>Or are you supposed to fully understand everything that comes your way?
Quite a lot of physics is unintuitive. Same with mathematics.

Our "intuition" is only good for not getting eaten by lions on the African savannah.

>> No.3455270

>>3455244
>>3455251
>>3455258

Thanks, I thought it was me being stupid. It doesn't always happen but it does everyone in a while

>> No.3455271

>>3455244
you seem to be confusing physics with psychology

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3455284

define what constitutes the material of your confusion. then we can talk.

>> No.3455292

>>3455284

....Not fully understanding something...? Like it doesn't have that "click" feel, you know?

>> No.3455305

>>3455270

>>3455244 is a troll, obviously.

Yes , physics are very hard to understand. That is a fact.
Most of the time, when something in physics really fuck with yopur brain, it means that it requires a redefinition of what you thought you knew about physics.
Simply put: you can understand physics to a certain level, without being really knowledgeable, once you reach a certain point, words and concepts become ambiguous , confusing for the layman so certain, if not most of , explanations won't be satisfying, will seems unlogical, obviously fake, science-fiction-ish.
Re-read serious papers, search for different explanations of the same principles, find one that will make you understand.

I blame pop-science for this.

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3455307

>>3455292
you did not quantitatively specify my question; i asked for the precise material in which you feel is unintuitive.

>> No.3455319

I didn't understand shit when I first took physics so yes. It is normal.