Source: have a degree in physics and it's one of those unwritten rules. Kinda like how English sentences have an order. The soft brown big bunny sounds wired.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've also got a degree in physics and I think it's a valid if kinda wonky use of the word study. They studied whether or not GR allowed this specific thing and that's enough to say it's physically possible. It's not just publishing an idea so much as proving the validity of it within current models, to me a study implies investigation of some kind and that's definitely what went on here.

I've definitely heard it used this way before, even if it is less common. I wouldn't say it's an unwritten rule so much just that people have learnt to infer that there's some direct observation going on.

[–] wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Agreed that it's valid if wonky.

It's why I compared it to the sentence structure. It just rings a little weird in my ear and that's why.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

TIL.