Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Pennino Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.physics Subject: Re: The antics of thermodynamics, the depravity of relativity, the bunkum of quantum Followup-To: sci.physics Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:12:06 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: <47eebl-kcb5.ln1@gonzo.specsol.net> References: <29ddba74afd0cdddbd9fbef17243485e@www.novabbs.com> <63773432e96ef6c23cef09a2c2ccdae9@www.novabbs.org> <54838740bd0a95a0a205880c413bd4f4@www.novabbs.com> <1c711c71c6033d0cc64a5603c41a4cf6@www.novabbs.com> <67d2928f$0$5202$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <372c6de7f162e459f9fb40b81ce6c5bb@www.novabbs.org> Injection-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:16:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="096b19befebd6a852fcfadb0927b96f7"; logging-data="2967143"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18J4kHvndI9zvY5HtmApCPh" User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20220130 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.0-135-lowlatency (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eX9X0JQE1+NP2Ql0/pkX+JKu4yo= Bytes: 3005 In sci.physics Bertitaylor wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 8:08:49 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote: > >> Peter Moylan wrote: >> >>> On 13/03/25 03:21, jerryfriedman wrote: >>>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:55:47 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote: >>> >>>>> When we say tire pressure is so much, that means there is so much >>>>> force acting normally on the tire wall per square inch. >>>> >>>> That's true. The magnitude of the force is given by the pressure and >>>> the area, both scalars, and the direction of the force vector is >>>> normal to the tire wall. >>> >>> Something that I forgot to mention. >>> >>> Although all of the above is true, it talks only about the force on the >>> wall. There is also pressure all the way through the interior of the >>> tyre. >>> >>> In what direction is that pressure acting? If we accept that pressure is >>> a scalar, there is nothing more to explain. If it's a vector, then away >>> from the walls it is acting in all directions, which is at least a >>> little weird. >> >> Actually it is a tensor, >> which may reduce to a scalar under suitable circumstances, > > Like trying to prove certain wrong theories. Immense gravitational > pressure existing (despite gravitational zero force) at the centre of > the Sun to create fusion for solar energy! Since you have no education in nuclear physics and zero experimental information on the subject, what leads you to believe you know anything about the subject, Arindam? Of course I mean other than your insanity?