Timeline for Why does the shower curtain move towards me when I am taking a hot shower?
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| Jun 29, 2017 at 22:06 | comment | added | Lefty | Everything would be some much more settled if it weren't for those damned deniers and their so called "scientific method". | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 18:10 | comment | added | David Schwartz | @Lefty There are always going to be deniers who insist we need more evidence even though the science is clearly settled. | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 15:34 | comment | added | user121330 | @DavidSchwartz in the name of Nobel? I think you should look up puns. | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 5:43 | comment | added | Lefty | @DavidSchwartz I assume you are joking. I've read the Scientific American article that's mentioned on the Wikipedia page, it's not exactly a peer reviewed paper is it? The point I'm trying to make is that the physics of this phenomenon are not well understood and accepted by the scientific community. The op of this question has accepted an answer as if the debate is settled, when, in fact, the science hasn't really begun because this is seen only as a humorous curiosity. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 23:57 | comment | added | David Schwartz | @user121330 Even if that simulation earned him an award issued in the name of Nobel? | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 18:35 | comment | added | user121330 | Evidence. @DavidSchwartz I strongly disagree that one guy's CFD simulation on his home computer represents "well understood". | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 18:28 | history | edited | Lefty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2017 at 18:20 | comment | added | Lefty | That's a nice theory - but you mention evidence...? | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 17:41 | comment | added | David Schwartz | The pressure difference resists equalization because the vortex is stable. So long as the vortex remains, so will the pressure difference. It's somewhat like the eye of a horizontal hurricane. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 17:29 | comment | added | Lefty | @DavidSchwartz Can you cite the evidence please? I'm willing to be convinced but I'd like to know why such a small pressure difference resists equalisation so effectively. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 17:15 | comment | added | David Schwartz | See my answer. This is now well-understood. The air pressure cannot equalize because the vortex is stable. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 17:06 | history | answered | Lefty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |