"Thought experiment" type MCAT Qs?

[unsung]

Hey guys, I came across an EK physics passage that dealt with digging a tunnel through the earth to travel between cities, cutting down travel time. It was actually pretty neat (EK's good about that), and when I googled the idea, found an interesting site that talked about the idea (which would actually be conceivably doable on the moon) and gave some other physics "thought experiment" type situations. I think they're interesting to think about and also they seem like the kind of thing MCAT might like to throw out. So if anyone's interested:

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/insight.htm

Now... why can't my real life physics class be less "plug & chug" and more interesting, like this?

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[BloodySurgeon]

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Did not know it was just a problem and not a hypothetical question

 

[BloodySurgeon]

Oh im sorry, this was all made up for the sake for problem solving... my bad--- good site... I still didnt read it but i read the title

 

[Rofeh20]

Hey guys, I came across an EK physics passage that dealt with digging a tunnel through the earth to travel between cities, cutting down travel time. It was actually pretty neat (EK's good about that), and when I googled the idea, found an interesting site that talked about the idea (which would actually be conceivably doable on the moon) and gave some other physics "thought experiment" type situations. I think they're interesting to think about and also they seem like the kind of thing MCAT might like to throw out. So if anyone's interested:

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/insight.htm

Now... why can't my real life physics class be less "plug & chug" and more interesting, like this?

Sounds promising! Thanks for providing the link -- I'm looking forward to checking it out. Thanks again!

 

[tncekm]

Now... why can't my real life physics class be less "plug & chug" and more interesting, like this?

My class was actually pretty cool E.g. when we talked about electricity and magnetism, my professor constantly likened the problems to real life situations and technology, e.g. MRI.