@PhysicsHawk This is exactly what happens almost every single day in my AP Environmental Science class. There are so many terms I have never heard of, and we learn the definition once, but it never actually sticks in my head so I just know a bunch of random words without knowing their meaning
@caro_physics@PhysicsHawk Chemistry was a great example! Theres so many things that are so small we can't see them and that really adds a new sense of mystery while learning the subject!
@PhysicsHawk I think I see the most mystery when am learning something that is on a microscopic level such as atoms and the nucleus. Theres a sense of mystery simply because I cannot actually see it so I am not sure what is true and what is not.
@caro_physics@PhysicsHawk This is good! I like how you talked specifically about the straight line as an example. It made everything you said very clear.
@PhysicsHawk A story as simple as someone knitting socks can really change your view. It showed me that doing something that I thought was somewhat simple (like weaving two pieces of yarn together) can be much more complex and can sometime require a deeper thinking.
@caro_physics@PhysicsHawk This is a great response, Caroline! I agree with you, when you start recognizing patterns it opens up a whole new kind of thinking.
@PhysicsHawk When someone starts to learn how to recognize patterns, they gain a whole new level of thinking. Recognizing patterns allows you to see and understand trends, which is very important part of scientific thinking. Being able to predict something because of past behavior.
@kbjunior11@PhysicsHawk I also could not imagine the pressure that NASA was under to get that launch going! And I am with you, I would not let public pressure effect me!
@PhysicsHawk I strongly believe that safety is above goals in all circumstances. Everything that NASA was doing could have waited just a little longer and then had a much safer launch. Unfortunately they valued goals over safety and that led to a massive disaster.
@PhysicsHawk A problem I have ran into is in something like having a bad race. An issue like this stems from multiple things such as not training properly, eating poorly before a race, and not being hydrates. All of these things play a key role in having a bad race.
@KaelibraswellP@PhysicsHawk I agree Kaeli! I think that they were trying to launch the challenger on time and that it was incredibly irresponsible to do that...
@PhysicsHawk I think that the O-Rings were not really considered because they wanted to launch the challenger ASAP. I also think they did not expect something that small to cause that big of an issue like it did.
@PhysicsHawk Yes we do do this in todays world. We see things that are clearly going to cause an issue (like the coronavirus), and think everything is going to be fine, but then when it ends up heavily effecting us we are unprepared and freak out due to our lack of concern.
@caro_physics@PhysicsHawk I agree caroline! I think that it is crazy that even though he was on the team and proved to be so smart, that they still did not like him.
@PhysicsHawk I think that it is kind of crazy that Feynman had to put up a fight to be part of the challenger investigation. He has proven himself such a smart man in the past, and the fact that this team did not want him is just crazy.
@PhysicsHawk This can play into everyday life in the way that if we don't know something, we shouldn't just push it away and give up, we should leave that door of possibilities open so we can try to go beyond our understanding and learn something new.
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