Science!

Plankton · 08-05-2020, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

The moon would be farther from Earth a hundreds of years from now with or without the help of rocket boosters.

For billions of years the moon has been moving away from Earth. The present rate of ~ 1.6"/4cm per year. (I'm not sure if it's the same rate throughout its history.)

Yes, well Mr. Smarty Pants, did we increase that rate?

If you roll your eyes too many times they'll stay like that.

grindy · 08-15-2020, 02:02 AM

Savage.

OccultHawk · 08-15-2020, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Savage.

for those who want to save 8 minutes here’s the OH summary:

string theory was pulled out of someone’s ass and then other people pulled a bunch of stuff out of their asses to try to justify it

fun fact: before we understood nuclear fusion people theorized the sun was fueled by coal

final reflection: you gotta start somewhere

grindy · 08-15-2020, 05:24 AM

Nobody's saying you don't have to start somewhere. String theory is just overhyped and there are more promising things to pursue.

OccultHawk · 08-15-2020, 05:37 AM

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Nobody's saying you don't have to start somewhere.

I said that when my boss told me to start working.

**Marie Monday** · 08-15-2020, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Nobody's saying you don't have to start somewhere. String theory is just overhyped and there are more promising things to pursue.

Definitely. It's so pretty tho

grindy · 08-15-2020, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Definitely. It's so pretty tho

Which is Sabine's main beef with physics these days.

**Marie Monday** · 08-15-2020, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Which is Sabine's main beef with physics these days.

Yes, and from a proper scientific point of view I understand the objection to the desire for physics to be pretty. But honestly I don't feel like a proper scientist, I feel about math like I feel about creative art, music in particular. If the math behind a theory in physics is beautiful I don't care that much whether it's an accurate description of actual reality, and I don't care at all about its usefulness and applications. Sometimes I think I should have studied pure maths

Plankton · 09-06-2020, 05:35 AM

Parker Space Probe Heads To The Sun At 430,000 MPH

**Frownland** · 09-06-2020, 10:10 AM

On the correlation between solar activity and large earthquakes worldwide

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	Parker Space Probe Heads To The Sun At 430,000 MPH __________________ See location...

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	On the correlation between solar activity and large earthquakes worldwide __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x