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Originally Posted by nighterfighter
You're right, I didn't really give any reasons.
To begin with, the radio was already in a very poor condition, could only pick up about 3 channels, all of which were covered with static. Anyway, it wasn't like we just tore the thing apart. We actually spent around an hour with it, looking through some of the wiring, and trying to figure out what a particular part was. (After we removed it, the radio still worked, which had us really confused)
One of our other members kept the case to use in a future project (he is going to install one of his mini Mac computers I believe inside of it)
As for the magnet, it may be a "silly" reason, but we want to know what the force in the center of a magnet is.
We know that there is a north and south pole, and if the magnet is broken in half, it forms 2 new poles. But what will the force in the center be?
So yes, we didn't just tear the radio apart for the heck of it.
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Well, then consider my grumpy old person post removed. I was very concerned this was just a bunch of kids without supervision, it doesn't sound like this was the case at all.
I'm not anti experimentation, I've torn my fair share of things apart. Actually trying to figure out how it still worked with parts removed is a pretty cool reason to pull something apart. Did you ever find out? Radios are actually really cool pieces of technology, especially the old ones.
I would say that it is a pretty good reason, physics may be able to tell you what should happen (and what will happen) but sometimes seeing your calculations verified is just wicked cool.
@JackG Not condemning experimentation, condemning pointless destruction. Take for example, Mythbusters, yeah they destroy stuff but they back it up with why it will or won't work. If they just destroyed stuff for no reason it wouldn't be worth much but because they aren't learning anything. If these guys are learning stuff than great for them!