niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn science lectures and podcasts, I hear the terms "trivial" and "naive" used often, with no explanation as to what they mean specifically by that. What do they mean by "trivial" and "naive"?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareIn science lectures and podcasts, I hear the terms "trivial" and "naive" used often, with no explanation as to what they mean specifically by that. What do they mean by "trivial" and "naive"?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIn physics, two terms that I often seem to notice together are “trivial” and “local”. Local is easy to define clearly: within the speed of light/causality. Trivial seems like a vaguer term.
In physics, two terms that I often seem to notice together are “trivial” and “local”. Local is easy to define clearly: within the speed of light/causality. Trivial seems like a vaguer term.