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The weak force is strong in this one.
Or maybe the Strong Force is weak?
ME too. that’s awesome. i have the blueprints in my head, but not at a high enough level where i can experiment with such high energy levels. my day will come
Who says those two things don’t go together?
I’m willing to settle with blasters and jet packs. Boba Fett FTW
*Chokes him to death*
A noble cause, friend.
Funny story… my friend’s dad who is a physics and computer science major spend about 6 months of his professional life trying to develop a lightsaber….
The subtitle of this should be ‘because I’m insane’.
You forgot the “I wanted to pick a major that was as hard as engineering, but nowhere near as practical” piece of the pie
I dunno, an awful lot of cousins of mine have degrees in physics, and their jobs are insanely high-paying ones (Unilever, Shell, etc.).
Unilever is a discusting company
Except a physics major is harder than engineering. Speaking of practicality, where do you think all that engineering stuff even comes from?
I’m afraid engineering has been around longer than the official discipline of physics has – pyramids and hanging gardens and all that
Engineering is applied physics. The pyramids, hanging gardens, and really any feat of engineering are all based in an understanding of how the principles of physics will affect the structure.
As an intermediate step towards a light-saber, one could develop a light-axe. That’s far easier because it basically involves an open resonating cavity (aka your mom).
“Why am I” you mean.
(This graph explains) Why I Am Majoring in Physics
Maybe he should major in grammar
Perhaps majoring in electronic engineering would have been a better idea.
ORLY? Then I have some real bad news for you.
Any “energy blade” capable of the cutting done by lightsabers would also shed enough heat to cook the user.
No “energy blade” can deflect another energy blade or any other directed energy weapon attack.
unless it was made of plasma, then they would repel eachother
But then all you need to do to beat a jedi is to throw a magnet in his face.
The question is, would you want to put a “legitimate” name for light saber on your research grant application – or would the grant approval committee lean more heavily in your favor if you actually used the words “light saber”?
Forget the light saber, what about about their BATTERIES!!! Blasters never run out, ship never refuel WTF!! solve that one first and you will have all the cash and chicks you can handle.
Pretty much.
Please focus your superbrain energies on a transporter instead, kthxbai
I’m probably going to sound silly saying this (since I have little understanding of physics), and I’m sure someone will prove me wrong but…
What about a way of using small yet powerful Tesla Coils (retractible of course), and finding a way to stabilize the energy and somehow have it be in a solid/plasma state? The Tesla coils would provide both the light and electricity needed to generate the energy, and you’d need to find a small, portable device that could generate enough heat to reach the point at which plasma forms. Which element though would be ideal for a lightsaber?
the “find a way to stabilize it” part is the whole difficulty. Telsa coils only work if the current flows from one thing to another. You can’t have pure energy floating around unless it’s going from one thing to another
Batteries and fuel never run out because these smart clowns have figured out a way to run on energy deficits. Every day the whole population feels weaker and less coherent in thought and action, but the few elites wielding light sabers are on the roll!!!
You are an idiot.
you said that while standing in front of a mirror?
Yes.
I don’t care about all that “practical” nonsense, I still think this is adorable. Hell, I became an English major so that I could read for a career, so I’m not in a place to judge.
Speaking as a fellow physics major, this is pretty much what we’re all in it for.
why do you think that are doing in the LHC at CERN
Why you are probably still a virgin.
I’m pretty sure a lightsaber can be made out of a blueray player lens + paperclips + a lava lamp + microwave oven + mentos + coca-cola + Ipad…
I feel like this graph was mostly red back when I was in grade school… as a senior undergrad, it’s mostly green lol
No, you go into physics to blow things up.
What about becoming Gordon Freeman?
Who do you think made this graph originally?
To show anti-matter particles who’s boss! Yeah!
I’m doing it to find out how magnets work.