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Originally Posted by R.A.F.
Why??...why is it "likely to be amplified"?? Because it is "permanent"? What is the mechanism involved??
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I suspect that this is down to confusion about forced simple harmonic motion, and that he assumes that the amplitude of a driven oscillator will increase over time without limit, i.e. neglecting the limiting amplitude that is always present in a system with a non-zero damping force.