xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument - eviltoast

https://xkcd.com/2898

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“Some people say light is waves, and some say it’s particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that’s both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?” “YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T BE!”

  • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Except it’s still inside the sun, so depending on how big you view the center of the sun it could still be wrong.

    • danc4498@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      So if the point is inside the sun, do we not consider the sun as orbiting that point? I would think it is still orbiting a point.

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      The sun isn’t orbiting itself, though, so to say it’s wrong is also wrong. The sun is orbiting a small point in space that is affected by the bodies around it. That the point is covered by the sun doesn’t change that.