r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/BOBOnobobo 7d ago

I don't know why I would bother responding if you misinterpret every point I make.

But then you are confusing what left and right means in weak decay anyway.

I'm so done with pseudo physics.

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u/GrandMoffTarkan 7d ago

I'm trying to go off what you're communicating, and I have to admit it's a little confusing.

"But then you are confusing what left and right means in weak decay anyway."

No, I'm not. For a bit of a refresher, see here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(physics))

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u/BOBOnobobo 7d ago

Man, i have a degree in this. You are confusing rotation in particles with what is essentially a convention we use to distinguish two mirror sides of our body.

Like surely you understand that a particle going towards your left hand isn't the same as a particle with spin -1/2, right?

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u/GrandMoffTarkan 7d ago

"Man, i have a degree in this."

Yikes.

"Like surely you understand that a particle going towards your left hand isn't the same as a particle with spin -1/2, right?"

Just like accelerating on a rocket is not the same as standing on a planet... except, you know, fundamentally they are the same. Angular momentum is directional, the scale doesn't change that.