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May 6, 2011

#895: Teaching Physics

Teaching Physics

Teacher: Understanding gravity: Space-time is like a rubber sheet. Massive objects distort the sheet, and–

Student: Wait.

Student: They distort it because they’re pulled down by… what?

Teacher: «sigh»

Teacher: Space-time is like this set of equations, for which any analogy must be an approximation.

Student: BOOOOORING.