Everything posted by swansont
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Does some numerology intersect with standard mathematics?
But the patterns are tied to physical processes; as MigL noted, it’s rooted in causality. Finding the pattern can possibly lead to seeing what the underlying physical process is. Numerology has no such connection - it’s assigning meaning based on superstition or belief. Horoscopes based on numerical values.
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How about the LHC and FCC?
The movie was history-based fiction, not a documentary. There are accounts of the concern that are easily found - basically someone asked if it could trigger a nitrogen fusion chain reaction, and then others did the physics, and answered, “no” Where is the technical analysis? How about posting what CERN actually said, and not giving any credence to the crackpot conspiracy claims? But it is gibberish. It’s lacking in technical rigor, which you basically acknowledge when you remind us that you’re not a physicist.
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
I disagree about the wide margin part, but that might be a matter of expectations. It certainly seem to me that a lot of the hype is coming from the tech companies that have a stake in the success of AI, so it includes the financial backers and the companies who have incorporated it into their products.
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
No. I think it’s being forced into a lot of places by management, despite resistance by people compelled to use it. I think the marketing campaign is desperate, as is any campaign that relies on stoking fear (“you’ll be left behind”). As exchemist said, it’s being hyped.
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
“Requires appropriate usage” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, since there are no protocols to ensure that, and the tech companies are going out of their way to try and push the tech on everyone
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How about the LHC and FCC?
Quantum mechanics deals with probabilities; if you were familiar with it, not having 100% certainty would be utterly unsurprising.
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How about the LHC and FCC?
I think they are glossing over the nature of the “theories” that are being cited. I can imagine there being some conjecture out there that predict that certain outcomes are possible (though perhaps still unlikely), and these got amplified, but the fact that naturally-occurring events haven’t precipitated these outcomes is ignored.
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How about the LHC and FCC?
Explain what you mean by secure.
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Pseudo-oppositionist spoilers in autocracies
You forgot the illuminati and the freemasons. But you can't even cite the right conspiracies; the so-called deep state doesn’t control the president, they are the minions that carry out the woke agenda of the democrats.
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
These two statements have a significant disconnect, which is is at the heart of the problem
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Conceptual Visualization of Objects with Geometry and Gravity in One-Dimension and Question
All forces are two-way processes. If A is exerting a force on B, B must exert the same force on A, in the opposite direction If your masses are point particles, you will only have a gravitational force acting in one dimension. (if they aren’t, but they are spherically symmetric, it will act the same as if they are point masses)
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
How do you know there is a mismatch, if you’re asking a question to which you don’t know the answer?
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
I think it’s a mistake to put the blame on the user, for a product marketed to the masses. It’s like selling cars and letting just anyone drive.
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
Moderator NoteAn engineer should know how to do math and use equations This is closed. Don’t bring the topic up again.
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
You haven’t explained your equations or use them in examples. Why shouldn’t this thread be permanently closed?
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Mouldy Old Dough
ST:TNG Darmok (S5E2)
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
That’s like going to a foreign country and refusing to speak their language. And “reasoned ontology” does not dictate physics. Science has to be compared to experiment/observation, so it must make testable predictions. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. If it can’t be compared, even in principle, it’s not science.
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
There is no t<0 physics. “alpha physics” is also, AFAICT, not a thing, but that could be because you’re not using standard terminology (so it is, quite literally, gibberish, though that does not mean it is meaningless) You have to communicate more clearly. Being supporting does not mean being credulous.
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Why does the brain have the same receptors has the tummy and intestines? Also what is signals?
Moderator NoteWe keep running into this same issue. You need to cite the source of the claims you post, so that it can be checked for context and credibility
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
Being met with skepticism is not any indication that your material has validity. “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” ―Carl Sagan,
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NASA Releases Thousands of Unseen Artemis II Photos
“some of the 12,000 images are nearly identical to each other or even the same file just in a different size. Some aren’t even that impressive; blurry or overexposed. But there are also some unseen gems in there. PetaPixel has picked out some of the best ones.” https://petapixel.com/2026/05/04/nasa-releases-thousands-of-unseen-artemis-ii-photos/
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
It’s very apparent that what you're discussing is philosophy, so I’m not sure why you expect engagement from physicists
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Why you have to be so careful accepting answers from AI
One issue with LLMs, though, is that the training data includes untrustworthy material, and the algorithm can’t filter it out.
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Einstein and an issue if geometry is a fixed entity
What we consider speculation is more than this, which is a fishing expedition, a guess. We expect you to have worked out the connection, rather than muse that there might be one.