_sword

16 ms·

121.
by _sword 12y ago
While pretty good about science, Neil Degrasse Tyson has aided in perpetuating misunderstandings of history and philosophy that make me shy away from supporting his work.
122.
by _sword 12y ago
Yup, Nathan Allen and the /r/science community (largely the moderators - most of whom are scientists by trade or graduate students) built a reputable community through actively engaging the community and heavily moderating the com
123.
by _sword 12y ago
It depends on the school of Buddhism. What I wrote about mostly comes from my readings of Mahayana Buddhist texts. As I recall, Mahayana Buddhism generally requires a vegetarian diet. I don't remember Theravada thought as well, but a q
124.
by _sword 12y ago
If I recall correctly (and this depends somewhat on the school of Buddhism), all sentient beings are thought to have the potential to attain enlightenment by virtue of possessing Buddha nature. People can be reborn as animals and animals ca
125.
by _sword 12y ago
It seems like it would be very fun to have a chat with Guy Consolmagno: “One incarnation seems absurd but not inconsistent with the data,” he said by phone from Florida, where he was watching manatees. There is no data, I pointed out. “Exac
126.
by _sword 12y ago
I agree quite a bit with him on point 1. Yield starved investors gobbling up more risk to get higher returns in a zero-interest rate policy environment. Also, low risk free rates mean lower costs of capital across the board and I feel that
127.
by _sword 12y ago
Outer space is a volume of infinite freedom, therefore it uses the standardized freedom units we in the US hold so dear
128.
by _sword 12y ago
Thank you, that looks exactly right!
129.
by _sword 12y ago
Pretty sure I remember it being possible to do a 4 dimensional rotation that's equivalent to a 3D mirror image. I'm at work now though and can't do the math for a while
130.
by _sword 12y ago
Woops, typo yeah it is 500 miles. The relative speed of one to the other is 30,000mph so it's 500 miles. For 4 I gave a cop-out answer since I didn't think of one within the time I gave myself
131.
by _sword 12y ago
Let's go I'm doing each of these in 30 seconds or less: 1. You're rotating the image about a plane I think I remember 2. Larger 3. 600 miles 4. They're ferromagnetic so magnetize them both by keeping them near each other
132.
by _sword 12y ago
Oh man when I was in the range of 12 - 14 I loved watching these webcams to get small glimpses into other peoples' lives around the world. I still have vivid memories of watching street vendors in Japan, fishing boats docking and leavi
133.
by _sword 12y ago
> instantaneous global communication network Unfortunately that is not true. The transportation of information is still limited by the speed of light as you cannot transmit causal information via the collapse and subsequent measurement
134.
by _sword 12y ago
lol
135.
by _sword 12y ago
I visited the DMZ in the summer of 2013 and the militarization was astonishing. Beyond the military checkpoints, soldiers everywhere, secret tunnels dug from the north into the south, and relics of past failed relationships such as a bullet