The damn moon phase affects particle interactions!
My dad is an amateur astronomy. He travelled to Australia to watch the transit of Venus. The orbit of Venus affected the location of my dad on the Earth!
But if I ask him (or most scientists) if the planets affect the happenings of Earth, they'll say that's nonsense.
Why? Is it a superiority thing? "I'm more superior than you because I don't believe in astrology/magic" (which doesn't even make sense because I'm not arguing that the newspaper astrologies are accurate by any means). Is it fear of the unknown? Is it simply unformfortable to realize the simplest of things are actually incredibly complex? I don't get it.
If there's a really cool Moon, I'll go look at it with binoculars.
I didn't summon the Moon - I'm not the independent variable. The Moon's position is the independent variable - I simply reacted to it making me the dependent variable.
Juan Bell
Go outside Look at the moon Take a potato Hold it at arms length >The gravitationall pull on your head from the potato is greater than the pull from the moon.
Mason Martinez
So you're saying I can jump higher during the day than at night?
Parker Nguyen
That may be the case but the moon pulls the tides so there is obviously a significant pull
Daniel Stewart
In reference to the sun, yes? However the effect is pretty small.
No, the lunar tides affect a 9 km diameter experiment. Particle detectors are not immune to gravity. Particle physics is not being affected.
Please learn to read.
Austin Torres
My math says the Moon's pull is on the order of 50 billion times stronger.
Did I do my math right?
Cameron Myers
>Particle physics is not being affected
Scientists have to adjust the experiment based on the Moon's location less the particle experiment data is affected. How is this different?
>inb4 whatever response
The Moon is affecting how the LHC operates. Period.
Ryder Mitchell
it has nothing to do with superiority, most people just think it´s bullshit
Isaiah Morgan
>Scientists have to adjust the experiment Yes. Because the tides distort the shape of the accelerator. If it's not corrected the beam will not be centered and may be lost. The nature of the experiment is not changing, physics is not changing, the equipment is just being distorted.
>The Moon is affecting how the LHC operates. Period. Yes. That's what I said, you moron.
Carson Butler
>go outside >stand on beach >tide comes in since gravitational force between head and water is greater than moon and water >explode
Parker Stewart
Could you please substantiate this "hostility"?
Jaxon Myers
Just the general trend of "I think the planets affect what happens on Earth," followed by an eye-roll and a sigh and a "Here we go..."
Jose Mitchell
The moon isn't a planet you weiner
Logan King
>But if I ask him (or most scientists) if the planets affect the happenings of Earth, they'll say that's nonsense.
"The moon has a very small effect on an extremely precise procedure, therefore other planets effect the earth's processes in a meaningful way." Bro, the other planets are significantly further way, so have less gravitational influence. On top of that, such influence will be negligible on all but the most precise endeavors. That's why nobody takes it seriously.
Charles Brown
I got about a million times stronger
Christian Miller
are you trying to justify your addiction to astrology?
Distance to moon is [math]3.84400000\times10^8[/math]m. Distance is gonna vary at surface of the earth and depending upon observer's relative position (are they at the zenith?), but that's irrelevant for the purpose of making you look like a fucktard.
Gravitational constant is [math]6.673 x 10^{-11}[/math]
Without the moon Earth might be flipped over like Venus
Owen Diaz
Oops. I used the radius of the Moon instead of the correct r, distance from you to the Moon.
Nolan Reyes
>Why are scientists hostile to astrology they tend not to suffer fools gladly
Joshua Johnson
>Distance is gonna vary at surface of the earth and depending upon observer's relative position (are they at the zenith?), but that's irrelevant for the purpose of making you look like a fucktard.
Evan Turner
Because what you are talking about isn't astrology you fucking idiot. That's psychics.
Astrology is believing the planets affect your emotions and dictate your future and fate. So far there's no proof that gravity does that. You might argue for "but it effects muh particles!" Makes it makes no sense considering it differentiates between when a person was born but doesn't account for where they where born or where they are. It's nonsense.
Luis Collins
>'there is no active force in the universe except gravity'