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2026-07-15 16:40:48 UTC

Undisciplined on Nostr: A couple of physics points. Electrons don’t really orbit in the same way planets ...

A couple of physics points. Electrons don’t really orbit in the same way planets do. They have a set of different stable probability distributions through the space around the nucleus but they aren’t moving around it.

Then on gravity, it doesn’t run out because it’s not actually pulling on you. It’s how you experience the distorted space around massive objects, so the apparent pull is just objects moving along their shortest path which has become curved. The closer thing to perpetual motion is where the ground gets the energy to keep holding you up.

https://fountain.fm/episode/U3o2n2IsikofXKpYvrf7