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YouDig

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Tue May 17, 2016, 08:46 AM May 2016

We all know that math has an anti-Bernie bias. Looks like physics does too.

There are videos circulating from the Sanders conspiracy theory camps purporting to show deceit in some of the voice votes from the Nevada convention. The theory is that the chair doesn't rule with the side that sounds louder on the video, so there's some wrongdoing.

The problem is, the videos are shot from cell phone cameras in the Sanders section. Has anyone in camp Sanders studied physics? Do they understand that volume decreases with distance?

If you don't believe me, you can do an experiment. Go to a football game, and listen to all the screaming fans. Then have someone next to you scream in your ear. Which one is louder?

Seems like the whole basis of the outrage is that Bernie's people didn't understand that the noise coming from people next to them is louder than the noise coming from people across the room. Imagine, just some basic physics education, and all the chair-throwing, death threats, sexist chants, and all that could have been avoided.

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We all know that math has an anti-Bernie bias. Looks like physics does too. (Original Post) YouDig May 2016 OP
Gravity is next. JaneyVee May 2016 #1
Well ... it's just a theory. NurseJackie May 2016 #2
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