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   by bsf_ 2y ago

   Thank you so much for making the parent poster's point so clear!
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   by bsf_ 5y ago

   In principle - yes. Except that we can change our frame of reference, and treat the two body problem as a pseudo one body problem (the lab frame becomes the center of mass of one of the bodies). One cannot do this for the three body problem
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   by bsf_ 5y ago

   I can confirm this - last year I had to deal with Redwood City PD because my 11 year old daughter was playing after school on the playground (which is, amazingly, not allowed in CA?!). I stood my ground, but the incident involved the police
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   by bsf_ 6y ago

   Indeed, I find this to be terrifying.
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   by bsf_ 6y ago

   Only if you believe that as a society we have solved all of the interesting problems. Since this obviously is not true, I would instead focus on the way we evaluate science to improve it.
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   by bsf_ 6y ago

   I believe this is close to the truth. Moving one step further upstream, the emphasis on high ROI stems from an overall lack of availability of funding. Since there isn't enough money to go around, it becomes necessary to choose some mo