Duke Bushido Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 8:29 PM, Starlord said: The worst problem with long term manned space missions may be squashed eyeball disorder ...and shrinking of the heart Dear NASA: I have an enlarged heart, and a mutually-beneficial proposal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 8 hours ago, Starlord said: NASA and DARPA scientists may have accidentally created a warp bubble Better than actually creating a singularity or a rift in spacetime through which the demons of the Warp could enter our reality. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 How do you know it didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Well, this is awkward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/no-warp-bubble/ L. Marcus and DShomshak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 I was honestly waiting for that. Took even less time than cold fusion. But I found two paragraphs from this article more broadly applicable. "In science, the mindset made famous by The X-Files series, “I want to believe,” is frequently the most dangerous one we can have. Science is not about what you hope is true; it’s not about the way you’d like reality to be; it’s not about what your gut tells you; and it’s not about the patterns you can almost see when you ignore the quantitative details. At its core, science is about what is true in our reality, and what can be experimentally and/or observationally verified. Its predictions are reliable when you’re using established theories within their established range of validity, and speculative the instant you venture beyond that." "Remember: The more you want something to be true, the more skeptical you need to be of it. Otherwise, you are already violating the first principle about not fooling yourself. When you want to believe, you already are the easiest person to fool." DShomshak, L. Marcus and Pattern Ghost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: "Remember: The more you want something to be true, the more skeptical you need to be of it. Otherwise, you are already violating the first principle about not fooling yourself. When you want to believe, you already are the easiest person to fool." A/K/A Wizard's First Rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Wizards first rule would be to directly see & know Truth, therefore you wouldn’t need to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 12 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/no-warp-bubble/ Huh. And here I thought the "warp bubble" article was just another case of inept pop-science writing, tarting up obscure and technical results to sound grand and exciting. In this case, it seems the writer of the article accurately reported the tarting-up done by the alleged scientist. Dean Shomshak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Bazza said: Wizards first rule would be to directly see & know Truth, therefore you wouldn’t need to believe. Part of Wizard's First Rule is that people will believe any lie if they want it to be true, or if they're afraid that it might be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Max Verstappen wins first Formula 1 title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59628024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 hours ago, DShomshak said: Huh. And here I thought the "warp bubble" article was just another case of inept pop-science writing, tarting up obscure and technical results to sound grand and exciting. In this case, it seems the writer of the article accurately reported the tarting-up done by the alleged scientist. Dean Shomshak Kind of refreshing, in a way. DShomshak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 44 minutes ago, death tribble said: Max Verstappen wins first Formula 1 title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59628024 Verstappen has always seemed to be a brilliant driver whose emotions got the better of him on too many occasions. This seems to be true of most F1 drivers, actually. Max can go fast and keep conrol of the car under most conditions, b ut I never saw him slice through a lead the way Lewis Hamilton could. Looks like 2022 will be an interesting year for F1's governing bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Pariah said: Part of Wizard's First Rule is that people will believe any lie if they want it to be true, or if they're afraid that it might be true. I’ve just finished reading about that in the current book, which Cancer, indirectly “suggested” I read. Wizards first rule really then is the externalisation & social institutions of the relationship between reason and intellect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 13 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: I was honestly waiting for that. Took even less time than cold fusion. But I found two paragraphs from this article more broadly applicable. "In science, the mindset made famous by The X-Files series, “I want to believe,” is frequently the most dangerous one we can have. Science is not about what you hope is true; it’s not about the way you’d like reality to be; it’s not about what your gut tells you; and it’s not about the patterns you can almost see when you ignore the quantitative details. At its core, science is about what is true in our reality, and what can be experimentally and/or observationally verified. Its predictions are reliable when you’re using established theories within their established range of validity, and speculative the instant you venture beyond that." "Remember: The more you want something to be true, the more skeptical you need to be of it. Otherwise, you are already violating the first principle about not fooling yourself. When you want to believe, you already are the easiest person to fool." Quote the most incisive source: Richard Feynman's "Cargo Cult Science" Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 16 hours ago, death tribble said: Max Verstappen wins first Formula 1 title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59628024 Does anyone else think that the way that the Caution and restart was handled was totally chickenshit? Grailknight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 11:26 PM, Lord Liaden said: How do you know it didn't? "DO NOT RUN! We are your FreInDs..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 hours ago, aylwin13 said: Does anyone else think that the way that the Caution and restart was handled was totally chickenshit? Almost as chickens--t as the lap 1 incident where Lewis cut a corner. But in between there was an awesome duel between Lewis and Checo, so it was worth the price of admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 I didn't see the beginning of the race, so I can't speak to that. My problem is with the marshalls directly affecting the outcome of the race. Removing the lapped drivers and allowing Max to be side-by-side with Hamilton, when the race had left Lewis ahead with obstacles in front of Max, was (IMO) criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 As someone with no preference as to who won, I was just glad the race didn’t finish under SC. The part I don’t understand is why Mercedes didn’t bring Lewis in for a tire change. That’s what doomed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 He didn't have a big enough lead to pit and hold track position. Verstappen had the advantage of desperation. Without that accident, Hamilton cruises to victory because he had the better car overall. He just couldn't win a one lap sprint on 40+ lap hard tires vs Verstappen's brand new softs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 6:34 AM, Lord Liaden said: I was honestly waiting for that. Yeah. me, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Twinsburg remains found 40 years ago identified as member of The O'Jays R&B band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 4:22 PM, Old Man said: As someone with no preference as to who won, I was just glad the race didn’t finish under SC. The part I don’t understand is why Mercedes didn’t bring Lewis in for a tire change. That’s what doomed him. Here's a more in-depth look at the race finale. https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/32859440/inside-abu-dhabi-gp-how-f1-crowned-max-verstappen-world-champion-twice Hamilton has valid grounds for his protest. If the race director had followed the rules and had all the lapped cars pass the safety car, the race would have been ended under safety car. Because he only sent the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen past, he gave Verstappen a huge advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Interesting... Brought up my favorite fantasy restaurant in the foods for those who don't care thread... Got me checking, when the next book in the series (Brust's Vlad Taltos novels) was coming out. I found out: April 2023. You read that right. 2023. Brust publishes through Tor, aka traditional publishing. Apparently there's nasty supply chain issues...paper shortages, shipping container shortages, backed up ports, etc. etc. etc. This says it way better:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/books/book-publishing-supply-chain-delays.html And that was written back in...October, IIRC. That is to say, before omicron decided to smack us pretty good yet again. We hear about the disruptions kinda generally; this one was interesting to see *just how great* the impact could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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