Or maybe it's the same as it it's always been it's just that people that are scientifically illiterate are given platforms to speak their illiteracy as truth.

[–] StormWalker@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Are you saying that I am scientifically illiterate? For asking a question about how a rocket that uses thrust could work in an environment with nothing to thrust against? I don't think it's a dumb question. Sure there may be an answer that I am yet to learn, but that is why I am asking the question and seeing what answers I get. Maybe you were born with all the knowledge of the human race, but the rest of us have to learn it. And some of it is true, and some of it is BS.

[–] benderbeerman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You are scientifically illiterate if you are asking questions that have easily discoverable answers (as in this example, centuries of confirmed results)

The burn from the thrusters doesn't push against space, it pushes against the rocket.

For more easily discoverable answers to basic physics questions, perhaps take a physics 101 course. Or just Google your question.

Or do it the way you just did it... Cunningham's law and all that. But be aware that people will consider you scientifically illiterate if you do it the way you just did it.

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