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Drunemeton

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Just your average urban druid interested in technology and quantum field theory.

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Once we determine if the universe is infinite or not we’ll know more about what to expect.

If it’s finite then we’ll have a stopping point. If it’s not then there’ll be no stopping point.

Assuming a finite universe then I’d wager we’ll know all that can be known in about 10^23 years.

Does everyone learn the same gravity in school or is it different everywhere?

So, I learned in physics class at school in the UK that the value of acceleration due to gravity is a constant called g and that it was 9.81m/s^2. I knew that this value is not a true constant as it is affected by terrain and location. However I didn’t know that it can be so significantly different as to be 9.776 m/s^2 in...

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g = 9.80665 m/s^2 at sea level. Higher than sea level lowers the value due to GR (General Relativity).

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“Mom! Canada’s picking on me again…”

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I have an alt account that’s very glad chat & messages were removed!

What if solving interstellar travel isn't about figuring out faster than light propulsion, but how to extend our own lives?

So I was day dreaming and I caught a thought. What if what we understand about physics is actually all there is to understand? What if you objectively cannot move faster than the speed of light because you can’t do the time traveling things necessary. This would mean that the only way to travel amongst the stars would be to...

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Oh man I love “The Expanse” series, but had no idea that James S.A. Corey was 2 people!

So glad to know. Not sure what to do with that info though.

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That’d make a hell of a T-shirt slogan!

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Hi Doug! I’m here because I have a bone to pick with the doctor. Is she in?

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I’ve read that the ability to process lactose is the most recent evolutionary step for humanity. Is that correct?

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