John Berry wrote:
>
> I had exactly that problem with Davis and Rawls stuff before I knew they meant reverse definition, it meant I used the north (conventional) when I should have used the south, so the
positive energy from the north pole caused an adverse action.
>
I have two of their books and noticed that in the beginning they say
right off that when they say the north pole of a
magnet, they mean the pole that attracts the north-seeking
end of the compass needle.
<snip>
> This is why we need to have one definition and stick to it, It is not a big bother to just understand that it should be the other way round, but that is not practical, Now if you started a big petition and had hundreds of scientists sign it and take it to an authority is scientific standards and had it televised then it might be a good idea, but it would still cause
confusion, but it might be worth it, but otherwise you are simply doing
it so it is neat, but I'm sorry it is
stupid and impractical to use reverse definition just so it is neat.
>
I agree with you John, in that it is far too screwed up to salvage.
As for me, I have been around in this life time for 54 years
and it was only 3 months ago that I heard that there were folks who
thought the south magnetic pole is in the northern
hemisphere. No one ever told me one way or the other when I was
a youngster. I just assumed on my own that since opposites
attract, the north-seeking end of the needle must be the
south end of the needle. When I hit high school, that was reinforced in
my physics and chemistry classes, so how was I to
suspect any differently?
Personally, I don't do things the way other folks do just because
they're doing it that way. I don't have a need to fit
in with the crowd that much.
I find, that because I find my own reasons for doing things,
when folks ask me why? I can explain it to them. But, I
find that when I ask someone else why they are doing what
they are doing, most folks don't have an actual answer.
They accept someone else's view, word, opinion etc. as their
own without checking things out.Some times without thinking.
That is how we get into situations like the magnet pole
problem.
No, when I mention magnet poles, I qualify what I mean by
saying that pole which attracts the north-seeking end of the
compass needle. That way no one has an excuse for confusion.
The problem I am now faced with is that I now have to ask
other folks what they mean because there are other folks
out there that have lived their lives assuming everyone else
new that magnetic north was about 11 degrees from geophysical
north. The only way to tell is to ask.
Oh Well, To each his own, eh?
David
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