Here's your classical mechanics bro:
>gravitational potential energy
>chemical potential energy
>electrical potential energy
>nuclear potential energy
Can we just stop this charade?
I get that these concepts make the model work nicely, but do they actually refer to things other than a places where conservation of energy needs to be propped up by forms of "energy" that don't cause things to move?
Heat energy, chemical energy etc. all make things move. And then there's this eensy subclass of forms of "energy" that don't. The concept of "potential energy" has only been around for like 150 years anyway.
I mean, people whine about dark matter, and then are cool with "oh yeah it's got energy bro the energy just isn't causing anything"
>gravitational potential energy
>chemical potential energy
>electrical potential energy
>nuclear potential energy
Can we just stop this charade?
I get that these concepts make the model work nicely, but do they actually refer to things other than a places where conservation of energy needs to be propped up by forms of "energy" that don't cause things to move?
Heat energy, chemical energy etc. all make things move. And then there's this eensy subclass of forms of "energy" that don't. The concept of "potential energy" has only been around for like 150 years anyway.
I mean, people whine about dark matter, and then are cool with "oh yeah it's got energy bro the energy just isn't causing anything"
