I don't think it's particularly rhetorically beautiful to say F = ma. But it's just true.
EDIT: although the conciseness of that formulation given the tremendous abstract concepts behind it is admittedly what makes physics beautiful to a lot of people. Where's Mark S these days?
I think a simple statement of fact should be enough to convince--if convincing is the goal--regardless of whether or not the rhetoric delivering it is "persuasive".
Swift said something like "Reason will never convince someone if they didn't arrive at their position by reason in the first place."
Personally I do conceptualize a neutral, open minded reader looking over what I write. But what would that hypothetical neutral, open minded individual think of this woke stuff? They would have turned against it years ago. At this point there's no need to convince, just to observe and examine.
I don't think it's particularly rhetorically beautiful to say F = ma. But it's just true.
EDIT: although the conciseness of that formulation given the tremendous abstract concepts behind it is admittedly what makes physics beautiful to a lot of people. Where's Mark S these days?
No way, he decamped to his own stack?
How did you find it?
I think a simple statement of fact should be enough to convince--if convincing is the goal--regardless of whether or not the rhetoric delivering it is "persuasive".
Swift said something like "Reason will never convince someone if they didn't arrive at their position by reason in the first place."
Personally I do conceptualize a neutral, open minded reader looking over what I write. But what would that hypothetical neutral, open minded individual think of this woke stuff? They would have turned against it years ago. At this point there's no need to convince, just to observe and examine.
There's a reason "A Modest Proposal" is widely taught, regardless of how many were actually convinced.
That is kind of a high bar you're setting.