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by haccount 2y ago
We don't need a shadowy cabal when the reflexive action of everyone involved or at the sidelines always rushing out of the woodworks to defend the first-mover established theory. Such as the ongoing thread. Regarding your issues 1) ap
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by haccount 2y ago
All of human history is full of Snidely Whiplash characters refusing to let go of the first-mover theories they grew into, no matter the evidence of the contrary. My observation is simply that today is a part of history and thus is still p
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by haccount 2y ago
My contribution is that current theory falls on it its face based on existing observations. That stands on its own. That I don't provide a viable replacement is a refutation of absolutely nothing.
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by haccount 2y ago
If you have a theory that doesn't match observation then that theory is wrong and you say it's wrong and stop using it. You don't need to outsource your thinking to an external committee of glacially moving bureaucracy to dec
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by haccount 2y ago
Did you know that a figure of speech isn't actually a figure?
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by haccount 2y ago
I don't keep much track of the alternative theories, my feeds are dialed for space news and every second article is paraphrased as "new JWST observations doesn't fit current theories" It's constantly finding somethi
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by haccount 2y ago
Taking amphetamines will work for everyone with or without the extra step of adhd diagnosis
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by haccount 2y ago
Maybe a theory of hard-to-observe Dark Suction will come to the rescue
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by haccount 2y ago
These are quasars in 13+ billion years old footage. Using the official age of the universe we need to then form the quasar in a dense matter region and then speedrun a galaxy merger that ejects the relevant quasar out into sparse space, all
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by haccount 2y ago
"needs to be" No it doesn't. And neither do we need regulation for what I can say at a family gathering or on the street. Thought policing and other neo-puritanian movements can go fuck themselves.
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by haccount 2y ago
The word confabulation is used in situations where human beings unintentionally pad whatever they say with falsehoods.
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by haccount 2y ago
Harvesting Monsanto™ Dark-gro™ leafless GMO tomatoes with a cold LED headlamp in an underground bunker to the background hum of the electrolysis system that churns out megawatts worth of carbon monoxide feedstock. Not dystopian?
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by haccount 2y ago
What the op article suggests is using GMO plants that no longer use photosynthesis but instead drive their metabolism based on products derived from CO2 electrolysis and simple chemical man made compounds. Plant-made plants, like industrial
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by haccount 2y ago
It's technically impressive in a way but it's also a dystopian hellscape enabler technology. The article even takes the opportunity to mention that It could be useful during "solar geo engineering events and nuclear winter&qu
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by haccount 2y ago
A bottle of wine by mass is ballpark 50% glass and 50% wine. A one liter glass jar of olives around 300 grams of glass. So it's not merely packaging cost but also about convenience of shipping it around. That said we still manage to sh
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by haccount 2y ago
There's an entire big and celebrated business sector that spends every working hour taking intact plastic products and grinds then into fine shreds, a process likely to contribute more than a fair share to microplastic dissemination. M
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by haccount 2y ago
That sounds more like a learned visual effect, something quite different from frying the brain of anyone with a basilisk. Experiments with cats( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1111849/ ), and the outcome of patients w
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by haccount 2y ago
Having read both Blindsight and Echopraxia I have to say the most impressive neurological takeaway from the books was the ability of my own brain to suspend critical thinking for long enough to enjoy the books. In retrospect the core concep
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It's possible. But only for the brains of people with severe or undertreated epilepsy of carefully selected varieties. You can trigger a potentially fatal seizure by showing them an appropriately stimulating image. Which likely was a k
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by haccount 2y ago
It is well established that visual patterns affect brain activity, this is used in clinical practice by neurophysiologists, put on an EEG cap and then do checkerboards, check if the activity is normal. Now the question is if this provocatio
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by haccount 2y ago
The original blog post have a point in that much of scientific "established fact" springs from prestigious committee with great fanfare, a chain of reasoning is established, it's cast forth with great force and splashes into