[Fortunately for Doctor Greg Hotstud, Ecks is awake tonight. Unfortunately for Ecks, it is because she is not alone in this house. She must remain vigilant.]
Physics is the study of matter and its motion through space and time. Why do you call me kid?
well, you're either an idiot or you're young with the way you respond to things i'm going with young to be generous here we can go with me assuming you're an idiot, too i do that for pretty much everybody
i'm glad you've heard of physics, though know anything else about it beyond that? ever heard of electromagnetism? gravity? weak and strong nuclear forces?
yep remember what i told you about atoms and electrons? they're bound by electromagnetic wave mechanics one of the really fun things about electromagnetism on earth is we have species that use it for navigation any of the animals where you're from go on long ass migrations and seem to be able to perfectly navigate without any maps? there's a reason some of them can probably do that, especially birds and it's because of the electromagnetic field of the planet
Do you mean the animals sense electromagnetism? If it is a force for small things like atoms, how does it have planet-wide relevance?
There are some birds that come and leave. I don't know where they go. Or how far. The elves go on long ass migrations and seem to be able to perfectly navigate without any maps but I do not think they qualify as animals.
[He does notice the change in how she's punctuating and capitalizing. Curious, he decides to test that. Play nice and see if she goes back to imitating.]
electromagnetic fields are formed when electric and magnetic waves couple together.
[It takes him a moment, but Ecks will get a photo of a basic diagram sent to her.]
the reason we can see is because of these interactions the reason these tablets can interact without being physically connected is due to wavelengths represented on the electromagnetic spectrum
[Interesting. So imitation when she's comfortable. He wonders if she's consciously aware of what she's doing.]
photons are the only reason we have light
[What follows is another explanation of the principles of EM radiation and the different types of fields. How electromagnetic waves interact with magnetic waves, how light and signals are transmitted, and the like.]
x-rays and gamma-rays are the ones you wanna stay away from most but even ultraviolet radiation'll kill you it'll just do it slower have your "people" discovered what cancer is, yet? malignant growths in the tissue
it seems unlikely that light would be both a particle and a wave but maybe like the ocean water drops and ocean waves electrons and electromagnetic waves ? i don't understand what is a photon if it is not an electron it did not seem as though that was what you meant by photon
how do you know if there are x-rays and gamma rays? we know of cancer one subject studied only cancer sometimes cancer is magic or an invading thing but sometimes cancer is just cancer don't know why
terminology gets complicated quickly for the electron vs. photon think of it like this electrons are matter remember i told you about atoms?
electrons are physical pieces of matter they have mass they have a charge they could probably be destroyed if you had the right technique all of this exists on a scale that's too small to see with the naked eye, but it exists and can be physically interacted with
photons are units - packets of energy - for an electromagnetic wave they aren't matter they don't have mass they don't have a charge you can't create or destroy energy you can only change its form
photons and electrons interact to make electricity and other forms of electromagnetic radiation work
there are x-rays and gamma-rays everywhere they come from natural sources it's just the concentration of them that's the problem it's the dose that makes the poison pretty much the only reliable way to know if there are excess levels of radiation are special sensors or you start dying that's the bad way to find out
if you can't create or destroy energy and a lightning bolt is an equalization of charges and lightning bolts can be a form of magical attack where i am from that seem to be created from nowhere but cannot be magic could be a field and wave like electromagnetism there are magic fields there are magic rays other things too that do not look like rays but electromagnetic energy does not always look like a lightning bolt
these rays cause cancer? i never studied cancer i studied
That is not my name, Doctor Greg Hotstud. I am not called Subject. I am called Ecks.
I don't want to talk to you anymore. I am not required to talk to you. I am not required to call you a name you tell me. It is not required. I do not have to do it.
you're right you don't so hang up the goddamn phone like a normal person (which you aren't) instead of telling me that
[He's curious to see if she'll obey the order because she's upset or if she'll try to fight against it. Or maybe rationalize it as her decision before hanging up.]
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Physics is the study of matter and its motion through space and time.
Why do you call me kid?
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i'm going with young to be generous here
we can go with me assuming you're an idiot, too
i do that for pretty much everybody
i'm glad you've heard of physics, though
know anything else about it beyond that?
ever heard of electromagnetism?
gravity?
weak and strong nuclear forces?
permatext
I know some things, but not all of those things.
I know practical things.
I know what gravity is.
Is electromagnetism electricity and magnetism?
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remember what i told you about atoms and electrons?
they're bound by electromagnetic wave mechanics
one of the really fun things about electromagnetism on earth is we have species that use it for navigation
any of the animals where you're from go on long ass migrations and seem to be able to perfectly navigate without any maps?
there's a reason some of them can probably do that, especially birds
and it's because of the electromagnetic field of the planet
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Electrons are magnetic?
Do you mean the animals sense electromagnetism?
If it is a force for small things like atoms, how does it have planet-wide relevance?
There are some birds that come and leave.
I don't know where they go. Or how far.
The elves go on long ass migrations and seem to be able to perfectly navigate without any maps but I do not think they qualify as animals.
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so
you're not an elf
what are you?
no subject
no subject
goblin?
orc?
ewok?
cardassian?
no
you were freaking out about us moving
golem?
no subject
Not all of those words mean things
I am part human
I am also part other things
Most people in my world are not pure humans
no subject
and they mean things
you just don't know what they mean
so what other parts are you?
exact percentages of each genetic composition
[He doesn't actually care all that much, but he's curious if she will list them out.]
no subject
I do not know exact percentages
I do not know every part
I was not informed
human
orc
gnome
elf/drow
strix?
no subject
what the hell is a strix?
what were your parents made up of?
we can work our way back from there
no subject
like angels but not angels
they were supposed to be angels
how can electromagnetism be a wave and a field?
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so why weren't they angels?
and you really need to get better at non sequiturs
parents
what was their make-up?
i'll tell you about electromagnetism when you tell me that
no subject
I don't have parents
My parent is a gnome
You should not ask this.
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electromagnetic fields are formed when electric and magnetic waves couple together.
[It takes him a moment, but Ecks will get a photo of a basic diagram sent to her.]
the reason we can see is because of these interactions
the reason these tablets can interact without being physically connected is due to wavelengths represented on the electromagnetic spectrum
no subject
You said electricity was electrons moving.
Magnetism is ??? moving?
How do the electrons move if they are not connected?
why is it a wave?
i thought the reason we can see is light entering our eyes
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photons are the only reason we have light
[What follows is another explanation of the principles of EM radiation and the different types of fields. How electromagnetic waves interact with magnetic waves, how light and signals are transmitted, and the like.]
x-rays and gamma-rays are the ones you wanna stay away from most
but even ultraviolet radiation'll kill you
it'll just do it slower
have your "people" discovered what cancer is, yet?
malignant growths in the tissue
no subject
but maybe like the ocean
water drops and ocean waves
electrons and electromagnetic waves
?
i don't understand what is a photon if it is not an electron
it did not seem as though that was what you meant by photon
how do you know if there are x-rays and gamma rays?
we know of cancer
one subject studied only cancer
sometimes cancer is magic or an invading thing
but sometimes cancer is just cancer
don't know why
no subject
for the electron vs. photon
think of it like this
electrons are matter
remember i told you about atoms?
electrons are physical pieces of matter
they have mass
they have a charge
they could probably be destroyed if you had the right technique
all of this exists on a scale that's too small to see with the naked eye, but it exists and can be physically interacted with
photons are units - packets of energy - for an electromagnetic wave
they aren't matter
they don't have mass
they don't have a charge
you can't create or destroy energy
you can only change its form
photons and electrons interact to make electricity and other forms of electromagnetic radiation work
there are x-rays and gamma-rays everywhere
they come from natural sources
it's just the concentration of them that's the problem
it's the dose that makes the poison
pretty much the only reliable way to know if there are excess levels of radiation are special sensors
or you start dying
that's the bad way to find out
what were you studying, subject?
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and a lightning bolt is an equalization of charges
and lightning bolts can be a form of magical attack
where i am from
that seem to be created from nowhere but cannot be
magic could be a field and wave like electromagnetism
there are magic fields
there are magic rays
other things too that do not look like rays but electromagnetic energy does not always look like a lightning bolt
these rays cause cancer?
i never studied cancer
i studied
That is not my name, Doctor Greg Hotstud. I am not called Subject. I am called Ecks.
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the name is house
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you don't
so hang up the goddamn phone like a normal person
(which you aren't)
instead of telling me that
[He's curious to see if she'll obey the order because she's upset or if she'll try to fight against it. Or maybe rationalize it as her decision before hanging up.]
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[Good job, House, she's hung up on you.]
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