Mango@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoPhysicists of Lemmy, what is up?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1message-squarePhysicists of Lemmy, what is up?Mango@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoOk. Frame of reference is half way between here and Andromeda!
minus-squareItsYourBoyHalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThat doesn’t really tell me anything, haha
minus-squareItsYourBoyHalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoDude, North, South, East and West are not real either. Again, you need a frame of reference. Those are 100% arbitrary.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoI can’t tell if you’re taking me seriously or not. 🤣
minus-squareItsYourBoyHalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI am. “Halfway” is not a frame of reference. You need to arbitrarily define what up and down is. North and South is.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoWhy would it be arbitrary there? It’s not arbitrary here.
minus-squareItsYourBoyHalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoI highly encourage you to Google this question. You don’t seem to understand what a frame of reference is. At least not in this context.
Ok. Frame of reference is half way between here and Andromeda!
That doesn’t really tell me anything, haha
And I’m facing South.
Dude, North, South, East and West are not real either. Again, you need a frame of reference. Those are 100% arbitrary.
I can’t tell if you’re taking me seriously or not. 🤣
I am. “Halfway” is not a frame of reference. You need to arbitrarily define what up and down is. North and South is.
Why would it be arbitrary there? It’s not arbitrary here.
I highly encourage you to Google this question. You don’t seem to understand what a frame of reference is. At least not in this context.