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Physicists vs Normal People
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Yeah, I get what you mean. So, "acceleration is how fast an object's speed changes". See, hitting the brakes or the gas are both acceleration, physics-wise. But not usually how we talk about it.
It's easier to grasp when you're doing the calculations.
You're pretty smart to ask and dig deeper!