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+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!"

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wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Except in this context the question is “how many blocks away is your house?” Where “5” is a completely valid response

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VitaminF@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s h-bar, not h. And it really does make sense if you look deeper I to the math.

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- marcos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - VitaminF@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This might be a meme making fun of the inaccessibility of modern physics for laypeople.
    
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peto@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

FTFY

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niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Or how about - “Walk around the block TWICE and it’ll be right there, you can’t miss it.”

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sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You sound like my professor

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