january 26th, 2026
classes were cancelled because it snowed 10 inches yesterday, so i stayed in and got a lot of work done.
submitted quantum homework
worked on e&m, dark matter, and complex homework
attended a research meeting via zoom

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january 26th, 2026
classes were cancelled because it snowed 10 inches yesterday, so i stayed in and got a lot of work done.
submitted quantum homework
worked on e&m, dark matter, and complex homework
attended a research meeting via zoom
guys. if particle physicists can randomly decide to swap names for things, then we should've been able to swap things like conventional current flow direction
So I'm taking this class called molecular driving forces and it's something like stat mech for chemistry and it blows my mind like every week. Today the professor asked us why heat flows from warm objects to cold objects and everyone was like entropy! Temperature! Equilibrium! and he was like yeah yeah but what's it really about when you get to the bottom of it? And the answer was statistics - because the number of states in which these two bodies are in a thermal equilibrium is much (like, much) greater than the number of states in which they aren't, and so thermal equilibrium is the most probable outcome. And the thing that decks me every time is that it's always statistics, it's all statistics.
So anyway, every week I'm like WHOA THIS IS WHY I CHOSE A SCIENCE DEGREE and if you're also a science student (or used to be one) please reblog and add your moments of awe at the beautiful complexity of our universe pretty please!! I want to read your stories! Science appreciation chain!!
"poynting" vector? don't they all do that?
I love petty scientist drama. What is it with physicists specifically not being able to keep their mouths closed when needed. You'll never catch a biologist saying "Hey dipshit your face is weird and you're insufferable. All your theories suck balls and here's 50 reasons why!"
Is dy/dx a fraction?
Yes (I'm a physicist)
No (I'm a physicist)
Yes (I'm a mathematician)
No (I'm a mathematician)
Yes (I am neither a physicist nor a mathematician)
No (I am neither a physicist nor a mathematician)
WTF are you talking about???
Legendre transform?
hell yeah i love transing le genders