sci.physics.electromag

On Mar 20, 8:45=A0pm, "FrediFizzx" wrote:
> "maxwell" wrote in message
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> On Mar 16, 3:18 pm, "FrediFizzx" wrote:
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> > "Benj" wrote in message
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> > > On Mar 16, 2:46 am, khrapko...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > >> Dear Benj: What's the matter? What's the thread? Fields are
> > >> obviously
> > >> real and mathematics is an idea.
> > >> Radi
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> > > Dear Radi,
> > > Forces are obviously real and fields are a mathematical idea.
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> > (real force)/(real charge) =3D (real E field)
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> > The fact that we can use mathematics to successfully express the
> > relationship doesn't matter. If given the charge and value of the E
> > field, you can calculate the real force. I do believe one can buy
> > electric field meters. ;-)
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> Try again, Fred. =A0Adding the word 'real' to your algebraic equation
> does NOT make it real; but as a Platonist you can still believe in it.
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> LOL! =A0I was trying to see if Benj was on his toes. =A0He wasn't. =A0I gu=
ess
> the best we can do is say the ratio is real.
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> Best,
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> Fred Diether
> Co-moderator =A0sci.physics.foundations
Sorry, Fred, not even 'real' numbers are real.