How do you know when it's time to take an excedrin & forget that you ever pondered something in Physics?

Question

At what point do you just give up on wrapping your mind around something and forget the you pondered it in the first place?

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Answer 1

When you bank account is at zero and you know you have to get a real job.

Answer 2

if you've lost sleep on a physics question, you may need to give up

if you've spent more than a day pondering the different ways to solve a physics problem, you may need to give up

if you have severe stress issues due to physics question, you may need to give up

and most importantly, if there are a group of people around you, laughing as they finished the question, and your sitting there 20 minutes later, you may need to give up

a great way to give up is to test gravity as u crumple ur paper and throw it to the floor

Answer 3

my husband the physicist explained it this way -

"nothing i study makes sense this quarter.
but it will make sense next quarter, when i am studying the next physics course.

But then, that new class won't make sense till the next quarter."

and while i was staring at him with my mouth open , thinking that that was crazy, his best friend, a physicist said, "That is a very good explanation."

and he is GOOD at that stuff.

hope it helps.
and we keep plenty of Excedrin around.

Answer 4

When you get a headache and realize that it doesn't matter about the answer!!

Answer 5

???
I never have. But I --have-- gone through a lot of Scotch in the process ☺

Doug