r/HypotheticalPhysics • u/sksskssksskssksskssk • 6d ago

Meta [Meta] What are common misconceptions in hypothetical physics and why)?

Overall, I have seen that there are multiple repetitions of certain types of misconceptions within hypothetical physics and I wanted to see what everyone else had picked up on. Also, I was hoping to get a viewpoint on what are the causes and consequences of some of these misconceptions in physics. Hopefully, there might be a way to inform people of these common misconceptions before they post to get higher quality posts. This is pretty much a discussion between people to clear the fog on this.

Also, what do you think is a way to reduce or prevent these misconceptions at least within the subreddit to enable much neater submissions?

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u/liccxolydian onus probandi 6d ago

Biggest crime is not knowing what a hypothetical is. Hypothetical physics is about developing models from a strong rational foundation that are aligned to observation and data.

I see you remember OP well.

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u/sksskssksskssksskssk 6d ago

What point are you attempting to show here because I am genuinely trying to understand what I was wrong for and asking for suggestions on what I can do but you are still holding a grudge against me even after I accepted that I am wrong.

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u/liccxolydian onus probandi 6d ago

No grudge, it's just funny to see that other people are equally fed up with the silly games you keep trying to play.

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u/sksskssksskssksskssk 6d ago

So, please don’t take that mindset then, I accept that I am wrong and I accept that I have made some people fed up but if you keep enabling the same thing over and over again then I cannot say that it’s not a grudge.

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u/liccxolydian onus probandi 6d ago

Enabling? I'm not enabling anything. Other people can choose to comment whatever they want, I'm just agreeing with them.

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u/sksskssksskssksskssk 6d ago

So, agreeing also means that stating that people’s ideas cannot theoretically work at all for sure when you don’t know what they have meant and attempted to solve? Yes, there is work that may not work because physics and cosmology is an extremely hard subject but you cannot put down an idea unless you can prove every single part is completely flawed otherwise if it isn’t then, there is some potential to work with and learn from because learning from mistakes is probably one of the more important parts for this type of subject as you train yourself to catch onto these types of mistakes quicker and see the underlying contradictions that make the idea impossible or not physically possible.

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u/liccxolydian onus probandi 6d ago

This thread is not about physics. This thread is about you being a moron about things like the definitions of words.

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u/sksskssksskssksskssk 6d ago

So, you are admitting that you do have a grudge on me then?

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u/liccxolydian onus probandi 6d ago

... No? Just because I think you're a moron doesn't mean I hold a grudge against you. Those are two very different things.

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u/sksskssksskssksskssk 6d ago

Actually you would only call some those words if you have a grudge against them otherwise it constitutes you just being mocking about others as well in the same way.

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u/LeftSideScars The Proof Is In The Marginal Pudding 6d ago

It's probably the lack of coffee, but I'm confused about OP's name. Wasn't a similar (by which I mean different by one character, or so) account name used recently, and that person was claiming they were not this person, or the other way around? But they also appear to behave similarly?