Re: [Phys-l] Mr Kleinman needs a physics lesson...

[William Robertson <wrobert9@ix.netcom.com>]

When the poetic metaphors mislead people about basic science  
principles, they cease to be poetic. How do you feel when someone  
describes, say, a retaliation crime with "An example of action and  
reaction?" Things like that lead the general public to a total  
misunderstanding of science concepts. Do you really want people to  
think that "observation disturbing the system" applies to everyday  
life? One can be poetic without completely misrepresenting scientific  
concepts.

I'm often completely irreverent when discussing science, but I don't  
misrepresent the science.

Bill



On May 6, 2011, at 5:17 PM, brian whatcott wrote:

> Are we taking ourselves a mite seriously?
>
> I rather enjoyed the poetic metaphor.
>
> Brian W
>
> On 5/5/2011 3:29 PM, Stefan Jeglinski wrote:
> > Arguably political, but I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the
> > multiple misappropriations of physics:
> >
> > http://www.soufangroup.com/news/details/?Article_Id=66
> >
> > (also at Forbes.com where it no doubt gets wider circulation)
> >
> >
> > Stefan Jeglinski
>
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