Re: [Phys-l] [PHYSHARE] Darwinism under attack? and the physicsclassroom

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

I wouldn't dare try to summarize Feynman, who tends to be economical of 
speech in any event.  His discussion is, as always, worth reading and 
interpreting for oneself.
			Regards,
				Jack


On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, chuck britton wrote:

> care to summarize - or must I dig around for the set and the
> time? ;-)   (lazy)
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2008, at Jul 31(Thu) 10:30 , Jack Uretsky wrote:
>
> > Hi all-
> >  	Feynman (I-10-1) seens ti equate the 3d Law with conservation of
> > Momentum.  The argument strikes me as making the 3d law a corollary of
> > Laws I & 2.
> >  				Regards,
> >  					Jack
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, John Clement wrote:
> >
> > > This depends on how the question was asked.  One way around this
> > > is to
> > > always refer to models, and then to ask questions such as using
> > > the model of
> > > x explain y.  After all there are a number of models which explain
> > > various
> > > aspects of physics.  With time of course some models are discarded,
> > > modified, or used less.  However, I would assume that the question
> > > asked was
> > > expected to be answered within the context of the course, and that
> > > there was
> > > an appropriate answer within that context.
> > >
> > > Because God wills it is a perfectly good explanation for Newton's
> > > third law
> > > in an introductory course.  The relationship between the
> > > interaction forces
> > > has no explanation.  Even Newton resorted to that type of
> > > explanation when
> > > he couldn't figure out why orbits were stable.
> > >
> > > This type of answer is usually either a symptom of a poorly asked
> > > question,
> > > or a student who didn't know the appropriate answer.
> > >
> > > John M. Clement
> > > Houston, TX
> > >
> > >
> > > > > What would you do if a student answered a question on your test
> > > > > with "because God wills it to be that way"?
> > > >
> > > > I suggest asking Brian W, as he has (had) such a student.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_w/2702703072/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > bc reads four.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2008, Jul 27, , at 22:57, Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > --- On Sun, 7/27/08, paul c. cheffi <cheffi@ROADRUNNER.COM> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > None of this fits into light, sound, energy...
> > > > > > whatever that
> > > > > > is happening in your world.  Let the Biology teacher figure
> > > > > > it out.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > What would you do if a student answered a question on your test
> > > > > with "because God wills it to be that way"?
> > > > >
> > > > > How do you know that your explanations about light, sound, energy,
> > > > > whatever are true or at least close to being true?
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc "Zeke" Kossover
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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