No Stupid Questions

[Winslow]

Where do photons go? (I was an art major, sorry if this is an easy one for other people.)

Wherever they want, until they bump into something?
Photon - Wikipedia

 

[bassicmike]

Why didn't you use the search function?

 

[the_home]

How do you get down from and elephant?

 

[shadowtippy]

How do you get down from and elephant?

You don't. You get down from a duck.

 

[mapleglo]

what is the difference between a duck? asking for a friend.

One of its legs is both the same.

 

[JRA]

One of its legs is both the same.

i learned it as: "one foot is both alike."

 

[pie_man_25]

The spirit of this thread is to answer any question someone brings here as seriously as possible. I know there's going to be jokesters, but no question here is too dumb and we aim to find the truth behind every question no matter how stupid you may think it is. This Thread was inspired by the following question:

If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how many times would I need to slap a chicken to cook it?

Where are the physicists in the house??

If you have your own stupid question, please ask.

depends how hard you slap it. If you slap it hard enough, once. If you don't because your favourite slapping arm is limited to human capacities, a lot.

 

[SgtHulka]

depends how hard you slap it. If you slap it hard enough, once. If you don't because your favourite slapping arm is limited to human capacities, a lot.

There is an actual real answer oh, not that I was expecting TalkBass to get it.

 

[pie_man_25]

There is an actual real answer oh, not that I was expecting TalkBass to get it.

Unfortunately the book is a timezone away from me, but I was given a book that answered, in detail, that exact question. Unfortunately, I'm not a physicist so it kind of eluded me at the time of reading.

 

[SgtHulka]

If you dust with a duster, brush with a brush, wipe with a wiper, smoke with a smoker, then how come you don't broom with a broom??

 

[samson3382]

If a car is going 55 MPH, with its headlights on, is the light from the headlights traveling the speed of light plus 55 MPH?

 

[SgtHulka]

If a car is going 55 MPH, with its headlights on, is the light from the headlights traveling the speed of light plus 55 MPH?

No, the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, so if you're going 55 miles an hour the light is traveling at 186,000 miles per second - 55.

 

[DrMole]

No, the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, so if you're going 55 miles an hour the light is traveling at 186,000 miles per second - 55.

Speed of light doesn't change regardless of velocity of light source.

 

[SgtHulka]

Speed of light doesn't change regardless of velocity of light source.

He asked for the speed of the headlights, just coming from the car, traveling at a net 55 miles per hour less than the speed of light.

 

[JRA]

He asked for the speed of the headlights, just coming from the car, traveling at a net 55 miles per hour less than the speed of light.

child's play. big whup!


how long is a piece of string? asking for a friend.

 

[shadowtippy]

If you are traveling faster than light speed, does it do any good to turn on your high beams?

 

[Tom Bomb]

Who's the most controversial person depicted on the Sgt. Pepper's cover?

 

[DrMole]

He asked for the speed of the headlights, just coming from the car, traveling at a net 55 miles per hour less than the speed of light.

No dumb questions but
I win for dumb answers and not reading carefully.

 

[charlie monroe]

how long is a piece of string? asking for a friend.

Usually just a bit shorter than you need it to be.

 

[charlie monroe]

If you dust with a duster, brush with a brush, wipe with a wiper, smoke with a smoker, then how come you don't broom with a broom??

I’m sure that I have been to a state or two where they do, in fact, broom with a broom.