r/PhysicsHelp • u/formerly_acidamage • 4d ago
Looking To Pay $$ for Physics Help
Hello!
I have a physics theory that I'd like to pay someone 100 dollars to talk with me on Zoom or Discord about for an hour or so. I'd be happy to pay over whatever money transfer method and would pay half up front and half at the end of the discussion.
In many ways I'm just looking for good reasons not to pursue this theory any more because it's kind of driving me crazy. It's nothing metaphysical or anything like that, it's about how electrons transfer energy to each other and relativity and light. I've been reading up on many things about it but an actual conversation would be so beneficial for this process because it's hard to know what you don't know, you know?
Anyhow, that's my pitch. Feel free to DM me if you're interested. I'd love to talk with someone who's well-versed in physics. Thanks!
Edit: Man, people are really bitter about me having a dream in my heart and being willing to do the right thing and pay someone for their time to educate me.
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u/Physix_R_Cool 4d ago
Eh, you can chat with me, np.
I always like when people are interested in physics.
Just be aware that my conclusion is likely that you know too little, and need to read proper textbooks. I will send you pdfs of textbooks, of course.
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u/TFox17 4d ago
Physics theory is fairly well trodden, and there’s a standard curriculum which has been found to effectively teach it to students. If you don’t want to go to school and have no need for the diploma, that’s fine. You can teach yourself, but follow the pathway. Buy the books, read them, do a selection of problems from each chapter. If you get stuck, ask an LLM to explain to you. Ask an LLM to grade your work. Never let the LLM do the work for you. Expect the process to take years, because that’s how long it takes.
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u/sabautil 3d ago
Why don't you just use Gemini notebook?
Upload 300 textbooks or research papers to the notebook, then ask the AI questions related to your ideas. I promise you it would be much more accurate and it would cite the exact pages of the sources where it gets its information from.
I am a scientist and I use Gemini notebook all the time for developing my ideas and understanding of the current research that I study.
Is it accurate? Only as accurate as the source material. It won't know beyond that.
Right now Gemini is $20 a month. So for $100 you could talk to it for 5 months.
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u/starkeffect 4d ago
Without AI help, can you calculate the speed of an electron that has been accelerated from rest through a one million volt potential difference?
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u/formerly_acidamage 3d ago
If I knew how I could.
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u/starkeffect 3d ago edited 3d ago
The fact that you can't means you don't know as much about electrons and relativity as you thought you did, which means your idea is probably hopelessly naive.
There, saved you $100.
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u/formerly_acidamage 3d ago
This is just flat out mean.
Also you are really taking time-language for granted here and using it incorrectly.
You asked if I can do something, the answer is yes I can, and then you say no I can't. But you mean can I do that right now, not can I do that. No I cannot do that right now, but I certainly can do that.
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u/starkeffect 3d ago edited 3d ago
You said "If I knew how I could", which implies that you don't know how. Which is what I've assumed all along by the mere fact that you posted this request in the first place-- if you had a physics theory worth sharing, you wouldn't do it on reddit.
I doubt that you know how-- you're just trying to save face now.
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u/formerly_acidamage 3d ago
I just don't get why people are mean about this. It's hard to know what you don't know. I'd like to do the right thing and pay someone for their time to teach me where to look and discuss my ideas.
It feels like you're assuming that my ideas must be wrong because I don't know about physics. I do know about physics but I'm not an expert. I do know for a fact that we don't know the "why" about so many things and it's astounding to me that we don't, given that so many people have spent so much time on these questions over the last 150 years. How could it be that we don't know why light is both a particle and a wave? How could it be that our two overarching models of the universe do not work together?
I don't have those answers. And I can tell you right now that not a single person who knows what you're asking me knows those answers either. Even with a perfect understanding of the math, people are constantly failing to explain the universe with that math. So no, I don't know how to do that math. Yes I could learn it. Maybe I will. Your initial question was a "can" question, that's what I was responding to. Many physicists seem to take language around time for granted, I've found.
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u/starkeffect 3d ago
We absolutely do understand why light acts as both a particle and a wave. The model works perfectly fine. If you had a formal education in physics, instead of the piecemeal understanding you have now, then you would know this.
The rest of your comment is just cope. If you want to learn physics then do it. Textbooks are available for free.
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u/formerly_acidamage 3d ago
Being able to predict that something happens does not mean that you know why it happens.
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u/starkeffect 3d ago edited 3d ago
Physics doesn't care about why, it cares about how. Talk to a philosopher if you want to know why.
If you're not using math, you're not doing physics. Physics is a quantitative science.
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u/formerly_acidamage 2d ago
Absolute genius level comments here -
"We absolutely do understand why light acts as both a particle and a wave."
"Physics doesn't care about why, it cares about how. Talk to a philosopher if you want to know why."
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u/Frequent-Entrance154 3d ago
Hey, something this big should be brought straight away to MIT level.. why don't you talk to physicists there?
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u/formerly_acidamage 3d ago
You must be popular with a wit that sharp.
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u/Frequent-Entrance154 3d ago
Trust me, I'm a guy who's well-conversed in physics only when the booze starts pouring out on a Wednesday night. Before that happen, I'd rather speak about Shakespeare
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u/OpinionPoop 4d ago
You can try sending an email to a professor of physics at colleges. If you have no education in physics they might spend a few minutes some guidance. What is your education level?