My grandmother's pacemaker was powered by alpha decay from plutonium 238. In physics we learned that alpha decay is caused by interplay between the strong nuclear force and the electromagnetic force. So if reality is only electro-magnetism, WHAT exactly powered her pacemaker...?
Both the strong force (compressed spring) and the electromagnetic force (the spring). What happens is that there is a fragile balance and occasionally a piece of the plutonium nucleus (alpha particle) breaks free from the nuclear force and is expelled by the electromagnetic force.
Just for clarity, there are four universal forces (in order of increasing strength): gravity, nuclear weak force, electromagnetic force, and nuclear strong force. (The weak force is often implicated in the radioactive decay process, but I don't have a current handle on that.)
That’s what Howard argues against, and he seems to prove it with a computer simulator at Stanford where he created Saturn without using gravity as an input.
Did you watch the video yet? The 3 hour one? He’s arguing these points of physics it’s very fascinating.
I read articles and textbooks, which go much faster and clearer than insufferably long videos. Since part of my career was based on understanding gravity, I will beg off from any instruction. What, pray tell, creates a Saturn without gravity?
Plutonium pacemakers? Plutonium decays very slowly and kills very quickly, your gran must have had a few hundred pounds of lead shielding inside to stop her from the radiation.
Plutonium decays by alpha particle emission, which is easily stopped by minor shielding. It normally does not penetrate epidermis. You really need to learn about subjects you want to comment on.
Uhh... 🤔😕
My grandmother's pacemaker was powered by alpha decay from plutonium 238. In physics we learned that alpha decay is caused by interplay between the strong nuclear force and the electromagnetic force. So if reality is only electro-magnetism, WHAT exactly powered her pacemaker...?
Both the strong force (compressed spring) and the electromagnetic force (the spring). What happens is that there is a fragile balance and occasionally a piece of the plutonium nucleus (alpha particle) breaks free from the nuclear force and is expelled by the electromagnetic force.
Just for clarity, there are four universal forces (in order of increasing strength): gravity, nuclear weak force, electromagnetic force, and nuclear strong force. (The weak force is often implicated in the radioactive decay process, but I don't have a current handle on that.)
That’s what Howard argues against, and he seems to prove it with a computer simulator at Stanford where he created Saturn without using gravity as an input.
Did you watch the video yet? The 3 hour one? He’s arguing these points of physics it’s very fascinating.
I read articles and textbooks, which go much faster and clearer than insufferably long videos. Since part of my career was based on understanding gravity, I will beg off from any instruction. What, pray tell, creates a Saturn without gravity?
Watch the video genius.
Are you saying gravity powered your grandmothers pacemaker? The fuck is this conversation? Go watch the three hour interview it will blow your mind.
(Grandmother’s pacemaker—what the fuck, Nehor-Gadianton?)
Plutonium pacemakers? Plutonium decays very slowly and kills very quickly, your gran must have had a few hundred pounds of lead shielding inside to stop her from the radiation.
Plutonium decays by alpha particle emission, which is easily stopped by minor shielding. It normally does not penetrate epidermis. You really need to learn about subjects you want to comment on.
No, just a few grams.
https://osrp.lanl.gov/pacemakers.shtml
She had a Medtronics model. Hers was similar to this: https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/miscellaneous/pacemaker.html
When she died in '06, we notified the mortuary and they handled recovery with OSRP.