boomer meme that i probably upvoted on facebook in 2012
Albert knows that they actually do shine. This meme could only have been more wrong if it was Plank.
Albert knows that they actually do shine. In infrared
Rhianna and Einstein both know something about black bodies.
Yet another way this is wrong: the primary cause of the adamantine lustre of diamonds is refraction. Any old hunk of metal can reflect light.
Isn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.
Well awktshualy…the definition says reflect, and while diamonds reflect internally, they refract light externally, so, the diamond is not bright because it reflects (those reflections are on the inside) they shine because they refract
Well awktshualy, read the whole definition entry. Pendants are always so eager to ignore lay meanings.
But isn’t their shine mostly due to the internal reflection rather than external refraction? That’s why the gems are cut angularly, to help with the internal reflection.
You can only observe the external properties since you are on the outside
By that logic, glass mirrors also work by refraction, because it refracts out of the glass before it reaches your eye.
The silver reflects tho
And so does the internal surface of a diamond.
Einstein was clearly no etymologist
I can never remember the difference between etymology and entomology and I can’t put into words how much that bugs me.
Unless they’re a crazy diamond. They shine on!
Diamond also has a very high refractive index and a relatively high optical dispersion.
i mean, they reflect too, everything reflects, though we generally mean specular reflection but diamonds have that too when they’re polished nicely.
Didn’t SIA wrote it and allegedly in like 30 minutes or so?
I mean, “Shine bright like a 120w LED light bulb” doesn’t sounds good.
Everything shines, everything reflects…
If a post labeled, essentially, ‘idiot’, has two English mistakes in glurge written for a genius, is that irony?
Nothing is more on brand than a language pedant making grammar mistakes. What do you expect of person who thinks memorizing rules is the hallmark of intelligence?
Like rain on your wedding day.
If that gets stuck in my head I’m gonna be so fucking mad.
A free ride, when you already paid.
The “shining” nature of diamonds is not due to their reflective properties, it’s due to how they refract.
Diamonds*
How about shine like a quasar
