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> high heat-to-light ratio Sorry for the ignorance but what does this mean?
by MrsPeaches 5y ago
> high heat-to-light ratio
Sorry for the ignorance but what does this mean?
- butMuhCulture 5y agoIt’s trying to say light is more valuable than heat, or some such folksy thing. I cook steak in the dark so I don’t find it to be a very insightful metaphor.
- Azrael3000 5y agoIncandescent light bulbs are generally very inefficient in producing light, compared to LED for example. They produce a lot of heat and not much light for which they are made. So in this context I suppose that gp implies that these threads don't provide much meaningful discussion but rather lots of hand waving.
- timr 5y agoIt's an idiom implying that there's a lot of chatter and bold claims, but very little of it is factual or informative.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoEmotion-to-understanding ratio
- remexre 5y agoHeat = Flaming, Light = Illumination (in the metaphorical sense)
- iand 5y agoIt means that the conversation isn't producing much of value despite lots of activity, like an inefficient lightbulb that wastes energy by emitting heat instead of light.