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Some year’s back, I had occasion to be hospitalized for 10 weeks or so while a bunch of doctors tried to figure out what ailed me. Finally, I was admitted to the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. The morning after my admission, a group of medical students on their rounds stopped by my room. Having been trained as a physicist and having not much else to say as they stared at me, I asked them if they had heard about Schrodinger’s cat. The reaction was “What?”. So I began to tell them about the cat, the box, the acid bath, the cyanide pill, and whether the cat was alive or dead while the box remained closed. I then explained that the probabilit…

I just watched "New Zealand Skeletons in the Cupboard" on youtube. It suggests that people arrived on New Zealand before the officially recognized date, and that scientists are ignoring evidence pursuant to the facts. I'm a dumb American who doesn't know anything about New Zealand. Should I ignore this video?

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all (I am definitely not accusing another member of being a troll), this came to mind recently: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sea-lioning

This reminds me of a sequence in the remake of Disney's Fantasia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51036608 Hope spring eternal.

This article suggests the end of the 12th dynasty of Egypt as the time of the exodus. Egyptologists consider the 12th dynasty to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom. This dynasty was based at (or nearby) the city of Memphis (Noph or No-Ptah), which agrees with details of the scriptural account and Hebrew tradition. Pharaoh Amenemhet I may have been the ruler of Lower Egypt (near Memphis) when Joseph was appointed as the second ruler of the land (Genesis 41:40-46) and when Jacob and his family moved into Egypt (Genesis 45:16-20) to buy food during a great famine. Contemporary records of the 11th dynasty based in Thebes refer to "seven empty years" following the death …

Hello everybody! The concert or pedal harp is too rare. But what about the chromatic harp then? The concert harp is diatonic, with pedals to change the key. Pretty much inadequate for romantic and posterior music, and many scores are clumsy or impossible. While smaller chromatic harps were known, in 1894 Gustave Lyon invented a large concert chromatic harp at Pleyel. Alas, the new instrument couldn't play the existing scores with diatonic glissandi, it demanded new skills too, and didn't succeed. The big instruments are survivors built by Pleyel up to 1930. One is in Brussel's fabulous Musée des Intruments de Musique, a handful are played. We can say: rare. en…

Hello, I've always been tired of a question. Suppose a person learns medicine, but is also interested in many other topics. Reads texts related to physics, astrology and geology. And my question is this. Can the brain be tired from the information overload? Can a large amount of information provided to the brain cause that we will start to forget things previously remembered? Will the brain make free space for new information in such cases? Thank you very much for any answer.

Receiving a Galileo Thermometer for Christmas this year I was unimpressed by the range of which the internal vials reacted to the ambient temperature. Some research on the matter led me to to understand that the density of the liquid in the vials is uniform, only the tags with the temperature inscription vary and so it should be trivial to adjust the temperatures they react to. I say trivial, but that would involve emptying the surrounding solution and that would be beyond my ability. However, I would care to know if there is an outlet in the UK/EU of whom sell vials, or the tags themselves, that react to the a temperature range from zero to eighteen degree celsius? …

I am helping look for a tutor for my brother (A level chem) as hes really struggling. Hes doing fine in his other subjects but got a C in his mock. Hes got a good knowledge of the principles but it seems like hes losing marks due to missing key things they award marks to in your answer if that makes sense. More exam technique issues than actual understanding. We did post an ad on gumtree but kept getting scam calls after I posted it so had to remove, we didn't get one genuine call which is pretty ridiculous. I've posted in my local Facebook group but not had much response. Looked on some official tutoring sites and the prices just seem unreasonably high. Alternatively i…

Hope everyone is sharing the Christmas holydays with family and loved ones. May the season bring all the best to you and yours.

I’ve been wondering about science and scientific progression in the Star Wars universe. Even though people have pointed out that Star Wars is science fantasy and doesn’t care about science- that really isn’t true. Scientists are mentioned all the time in Star Wars. The society runs on science just like ours does. The stories were are shown are those of a religious order so science obviously takes a backseat but even the Jedi use technology. Lightsabers aren’t made out of wood! I just wonder what could be the next thing in science that scientists in Star Wars can pursue. They had FTL for millennia. You would logically think that whatever sci fi stuff you isn’t exist is fai…

I'm new to dis okay? Well, I like the youtube channel itsfunneh. I have dark blonde hair and hazel / brown eyes. I can't tell which one.😁 I'm 10 years old and I like cats. I have a brother and sister who are both younger than me. They both have blue eyes. I'm different than my siblings because of my eye colour. I luv cat's so much guy's.

Apparently I am not holding my mouth right it’s not a big deal but first it leaned Left then it leaned right. should i try again with the original being completely upside down? Is there a trick to it? Apparently changing the original orientation just reverses everything left right?

I have ordered a yet-to-arrive No.4 scalpel handle and some blades, which have arrived, and turn out to be No.3. Will they fit?

Hi there, Recursion - What would be the complement of it? 1. Recursion sounds a little bit scary to me. Wouldn't it be nicer Embedding instead? 2. Russian doll matryoshka /matr- - mother/ 3. Coming To America..."Where's the Spoon"...Eddie Murphy as Saul the Jewish Guy

... If I were you I would watch up all of Adam Curtis's documentaries. All of them. It is exactly one generation between him and me. You don't have to believe him(it is BBC after all). You may probably take it as an information about his opinion. He is a clever man. I love him.

Hi guys, I hate to make this post. Recursion/Embedding/ - What would be the complement of it? /"in one aspect"/ - Of course Iteration. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=iteration https://www.etymonline.com/word/yon Embedding - What would be the complement of it? - Definition. "Connection/Space is not a thing to/for the things it connects/contains." /ZFC Prevents Russell's Paradox BE/HAVE are too important and too connected.

Hi, there, While I am waiting for Elementary(Sherlock Holmes) I am writing this. a e i o u We don't touch. , ; : . ! ? \ = ( ) [ ] { } " < > We don't touch 0 /go/ - g 1 /whun/ - w,h 2 /two/ - t 3 /dree/ - d 4 /four/ - f 5 /vife/ - v 6 /six/ - s 7 /zeven/ - z 8 /keight, Kate/ - k 9 /nine/ - n I am waive15. $ /bill/ - b @ /cat/ - c - /join(t)/ - j _ /low/ - l - /minus/ - m + /plus/ - p # /qhash/ - q / /ratio, rate/ - r * /times/ - x ` ~ & % ^ / / - y Waikiki = 188, hawk = 118, question = #629 ...

Hi there, 1. p = m.v (right side * t/t) p = F.t /I was astonished then in school. I still am. This makes me smile. Pure magic./ A = F.L (both sides * 1/t) /A - work, L - distance/ E = F. v 2. It's hard to figure out who's wrong, who's right but it's always obvious who's in charge. Murphy's law

I've been using Google maps to route and measure my course. I've been doing a two mile lap with my best time as 13 minutes 30 seconds. Recently I did a one mile course, jogging it in 5:20, and now I just jogged it twice in 12:50. Obviously Google maps isn't accurate. A cost effective approach might be to buy a 1-mile length wire, but the length might not be precise and it would probably get dragged off the sidewalk as I go around. Any other ideas? Thanks!

Would you care to share your story on how you came to be where you are today? What is the biggest influenced outside of academics that led you to the field you work in? What is the most challenging situation you have encountered in your lifetime? What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your experiences? What advice would you tell a younger version of yourself? Is there anything left you wish to accomplish? I understand you are very busy so I want to thank you for the privilege of your time.

What do you think. Anybody thinking of buying one? (From wiki) Tesla Cybertruck is an all-electric battery-powered light commercial vehicle in development by Tesla, Inc. Three models have been announced, with range estimates of 250–500 miles (400–800 km) and an estimated 0–60 mph time of 6.5–2.9 seconds, depending on the model.[9] I really like it, it's different. I love trucks, especially the Hilux, but I've got to say, if I had the money to buy one of them I'd definitely pick the Tesla. There's something about this that makes me want one. At least it's different. I'm not sure if it's futuristic or retro though, a bit of both really I think. Having s…

Difficult one, but someone might know: At what moment in history are magnitudes of units of electric field (volts per meter) and of magnetic field (tesla) adjusted just right so that we don't need ugly constants in laws like Lorentz law or Faradays law of induction? Was this also the case in dark times before SI units?

What are some examples of scientists who behaved in ways that were unusual or autistic or eccentric. I'm especially interested in obsessive behavior, but anything unusual.

Ok guys here it is, I know this is probably the wrong forum, I am so bad at choosing that, be that as it may, What I want to discuss here is not if the following sighting was real or not. This happened in 1952 and the subsequent years have resulted in at least some disagreement on the details. However, was the eyewitness and other evidence correctly handled or was it as i assert mishandled for whatever reason. If you comment one way or another please let us know why you think so. The Air force simply not knowing what the hell was happening is probably enough for them to have dropped the ball on this but here we go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington…