Comments on: 2 physics riddles http://ripper234.com/p/2-physics-riddles/ Stuff Ron Gross Finds Interesting Fri, 18 May 2012 21:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ripper234http://ripper234.com/p/2-physics-riddles/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 ripper234 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:08:56 +0000 http://ripper234.com/?p=1090#comment-1502 I'd use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor" rel="nofollow">Occam's Razor</a> to choose between the two explanations. Sure, it won't work on all people equally - some would argue witchcraft is a simpler explanation, or "God move the pendulum in order to fool you". You can't forcibly convince people that don't want to be convinced. I’d use Occam’s Razor to choose between the two explanations. Sure, it won’t work on all people equally – some would argue witchcraft is a simpler explanation, or “God move the pendulum in order to fool you”.

You can’t forcibly convince people that don’t want to be convinced.

]]> By: Ofer Egozihttp://ripper234.com/p/2-physics-riddles/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Ofer Egozi Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:45:43 +0000 http://ripper234.com/?p=1090#comment-1501 Yes, this is fun. I'm looking forward to the day my kids are old enough to come up with their own genius ideas. Problem with many of answers in the links is that they take some other axioms for granted. It really depends who you're trying to convince. A Foucault pendulum, for example, can easily be explained with a bunch of witchcraft and ghosts stories, rather than earth rotation... Yes, this is fun. I’m looking forward to the day my kids are old enough to come up with their own genius ideas.
Problem with many of answers in the links is that they take some other axioms for granted. It really depends who you’re trying to convince. A Foucault pendulum, for example, can easily be explained with a bunch of witchcraft and ghosts stories, rather than earth rotation…

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