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Why Physicists Don't Like To Talk About Friction

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-in-mixed-company dept.

fm6 writes: "You would think that force required to overcome friction would be a function of the area of contact. But according to this Scientific American article, that's not true, and physicists don't have a really satisfying explanation." This is the sort of article that makes you want to go experiment with those teflon-coated disks made for moving furniture.

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  1. related question by Goddamn+Niggers · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does this mean that the area of my anus when stretched open isn't related to how disgusting the picture of it is?

  2. Re:Another link for this topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you karma whore