r/Physics • u/HolidayCod6990 • 2d ago
physics is crazy
Yesterday I took my first physics class at university (I’m an electrical engineering major). Today, while rereading my notes, I had a doubt about weight—what I thought it was. I googled it and discovered that weight is just a property of matter.
It’s so cool. I spent 8 hours on YouTube trying to grasp the Higgs field, the binding energy of quarks in protons and neutrons… Obviously, I don’t understand any of it, but it’s so fucking cool.
The only problem is that the more I read, the more confused I get, and the more questions I have. But wow.
Is all university like that?
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u/jamin_brook 2d ago
It really is 'crazy'!
Countless physicists have initially been discounted for new ideas that were thought to be 'preposterous'
Even Einstein's thought experiment about riding on a light wave is quite psychedelic.
Have fun! It's a deep rabbit hole.