StringJunky

A genuine, eccentric scientist-mathematician.

I meant the parts that Joe Public can change can only come gradually with education.

We can't run before we can walk; collectively.

What would the damper be made of and how does it work since that part is not active, is it?

I know, I was looking at it more fundamentally than our macro experience; space is a platform for fields.. Within those fields there is still space.

But are things really 'solid'?

So, within the confines of a body, space does not exist? I know we commonly make the distinction but is that really the case?

The other way to do it is add weight to the bridge so that it the tops resonance differs from the offending note.

To add: The glaciers accumulate mass at the highest level and basically slide down under their own weight to the warmer lower level and melt, supplying the rivers.

If the glaciers (like in the Karakoram and Himalayan ranges) aren't replenished, a lot of rivers will run dry. Those mountain ranges are big condensers, if they are cold enough.

No, blurring just means you've moved the focal point of your eyes wrt to some object or plane. With Magic Eye you put your focal point passed the plane of the image.

Magic Eye pictures rely on voluntarily blurring vision.

The 'truth' is what works for a given application.

Ontologically, in physics, what a thing 'is' is its properties.

Note this is in the Relativity forum.

Space is volume and volume is a property of things. Empty space does not exist as a distinct entity, just like 'length' doesn't. Vacuum energy is the lowest energy state a volume can have ( filled with virtual particles) but it's not zero i.e it is not 'nothing' or empty.

If it's not measurable it's not physics.

I can picture it hacking with those teeth on my dead body, like a pick axe going "Nom Nom..."

I didn't know they had teeth. I've handled probably millions of them whilst fishing.

A maggot!

Can you show any examples? If you mean stuff that people have made up and are arsey/adamant without evidence when it gets challenged, then yes. That's perfectly reasonable.

I think, as you get older, you have other interests and when you need a fix of music, you stick with the familiar because you know it will give you what you want.

LOL! Too early for me but the stuff I like does evolve from that. More like this:

It's interesting how our tastes fossilize. Although I like a lot of genres, I'm into guitar stuff of the 70's most deeply.

Today I learned that Ordnance Survey maps are named for the Board of Ordnance, who supplied military equipment and defending the realm, needed accurate strategic maps for the army. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45007577