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TOK physics: Intuition and analogy

Knowledge questions Is intuition a substitute for knowledge? Can we understand something without imagining it? How can analogies aid our understanding? A lot of physics is about what happened next here is an example: The image below represents a ship being pulled by two identical tug boats with their engines working at full power. The ropes connecting the tugs to the boat are kept perpendicular to the ship. What...

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