Westom, you're either an idiot or insane

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I rarely pit, but the clown in this thread is either being willfully ignorant or is simply insane. Based on the bizarre asides and general odd affect, I’m going with “insane.”

That being said, it takes a special bit of arrogance to repeatedly accuse others of being ignorant of “high school physics” while being simultaneously so ignorant himself. This even after being corrected by numerous people, including physics luminaries such as Chronos.
Also, there are these gems from the thread in question:

It’s his latest post, however, where he goes completely out to la-la land:

You can finally use my numbers to “expose mistakes”? OK, buddy, knock yourself out. :rolleyes:

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A few years ago I took a course from human resources about how to interview people. One of the pieces of advice that has stayed with me from that course is. Only try three times to ask a question or make your point. If there is no communication after three tries you are just wasting time and should move on. Threads like to one you mention illustrate this point. You are entirely correct he is willfully ignorant. But there is nothing you can do about it. For your sanity you should move on.

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Here’s another gem:

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You know, I think you’re right. I’ve wasted hours of my day on this today. :smack: I’m going to bed.

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That was a riot to read. Thank you for alerting me to westom’s delicately flavored idiocy.

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It’s pretty clear that the weston would be correct in that thread only if the cars in question were on a treadmill…

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A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The funniest part of that was Westom telling us how scary it is that folks don’t know high school physics. He’s a guy who can do some math, but doesn’t understand how it all works. You don’t need a stitch of math to explain how it works.

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Good choice. I’d also recommend not going back to that mess, it’s better for the blood pressure.

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Well, thanks for answering the question anyway. I’m still confused about KE and frames of reference, so I was going to ask a follow-up question if people aren’t completely sick of the subject…

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If you look at his search history, he has only responded to a handful of threads usually using that same know-nothing-know-it-all, insulting style. He really is an ass.

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I would point out that “Scammers And Politicians” would make a capital username.

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I gave up before this latest batch of nonsense. He’s clearly emotionally invested in his wrong answer and you’re not going to convince him otherwise. You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t use reason to get into.

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Robby you did an excellent job, but this is why it’s a bit easier to be a physics teacher in a classroom than a physics teacher to a moron on the internet: in the classroom we can fail them and be done with it. :cool:

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I’ve bookmarked your post. Then I can just quote it when I get to three.

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I never took high school animal science but it’s clear that he’s a jackass.

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or the title of a Dream Theater album.

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Now I think it’s more likely that he’s just a troll. Nobody is that ignorant.

He’s also very insulting for a GQ thread, and it’s not the first time.

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can’t discount the possibility of trolling, but I think it’s probably more a fundamental misunderstanding combined with arrogance and lack of self-awareness. He doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. those people can be dangerous, just like the politicians he claims to detest.

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Robby, Thank you for your explanation (as well as FinnAgain and Tangent). I was the OP in that thread, but I won’t respond there as I want it to die.

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After reading this post, I really wish Tangent had been my HS physics teacher. Well done sir.