[ExI] scienceblind question

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks Spike and John - there's just times where intuitive works, and times
when counterintuitive works.  When is the problem.  ('Always' is my
estimate of quantum theory.)

No Spike - I won't be trying the gun thing out at a lake.  My only weapon
is a target 22 (like the pro assassins, right?  Richochets around the
skull, damaging more tissue).

So, no telling where a 22 bullet with ricochet to around a lake.  I'll take
y'all's word for it.

More coming, though.  The theories kids dream up to explain evolution,
motion, matter, life, etc.  A bit under the weather today.  Maybe tomorrow.

What it reminds me of is my sex class.  I created one and thought a pretest
of knowledge would be a good thing.  Nah.  Most of them flunked it, got
embarrassed, and shut up the whole semester.  Not only that, when it came
to believing myths, they were right there with the best.  Here's my
favorite:

If the girl wants to get pregnant, she should put a used sanitary napkin
under her pillow.  If not, an unused one.

How do people dream up these things?

bill w



On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:41 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 3:21 PM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ​> ​
>> Example in the book:  drop a bullet at the same instant that you shoot a
>> bullet with the barrel parallel to the ground, and the bullets will hit the
>> ground at the same time.
>> I had trouble with this:  it would seem that if you used more gunpowder
>> in the bullet it would go farther,
>>
>
> ​If you add more gunpowder the bullet will go faster and thus it will go
> further in the horizontal direction in the time available, but if the is
> barrel parallel to the ground then the time available will remain the same,
> that is the time it takes for the bullet to fall vertically from the gun
> barrel to the ground. To get maximum horizontal range the gun should be
> fired at a 45 degree angle, it won't give you maximum time of flight (that
> would be 90 degrees) or maximum horizontal speed (that would be 0 degrees
> parallel to the ground) but it would be the best compromise between the two
> factors to get the most range.
>
>  John K Clark
>
>
>>
>>
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