Comment on average physics student vs POTUS 47
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 19 hours agoSure, but between nothing and the axioms of the standard model we end up with a fairly comprehensive description which can predict how different kinds of magnets behave in a wide variety of situations.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
That’s knowing how to use it, not how it works.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
No, the theory of electromagnetism and by extension physics in general is knowing how it works. How to use it is engineering, a different set of knowledge which we also have some of.