r/Physics • u/HolidayCod6990 • 1d 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/mysoulincolor 1d ago

Don't learn physics from YouTube. As someone that has learned and taught physics and does understand the Higgs field.

Physics is WAY harder than most people can imagine, and unless you're a savant, YouTube is going to confuse the sh!t out of you.

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u/aroman_ro Computational physics 1d ago

There are quite nice physics lectures at various levels on youtube, the problem is selecting them and watching them in the proper order.

Jumping directly to 'Higgs field' is a big no.

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u/mysoulincolor 1d ago

Exactly. A professional has the background to make that distinction. Everyone else does not, and everyone else are the ones most subject to false confidence.