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I believe R Feynman may have been referring to the demise of Determinism in modern Physics. "Determinism is the philosophical view that all events, including human actions and decisions, are inevitable consequences of preceding causes and natural laws. It suggests that the past and present dictate a single, unavoidable future" Determinism - Wikipedia

But you've already made two posts/comments in this thread. Obviously not a man of your word. I, myself, think there could be a real market for noise cancelling underwear. To avoid those embarrassing situations in meetings, church, libraries, etc. after having beans for lunch.

Did you previously think all science jobs were as glamorous as yours ? There are some poor biologists whose job it is to masturbate race horses and prize bulls to obtain semen for artificial insemination. Thank God I didn't go into Biology ...

Euclid's 'The Elements' lists 5 Axioms ( which can easily be looked up, and related to Geometry ), and 5 'common notions', which are ... Things that are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another (the transitive property of a Euclidean relation). If equals are added to equals, then the wholes are equal (Addition property of equality). If equals are subtracted from equals, then the differences are equal (subtraction property of equality). Things that coincide with one another are equal to one another (reflexive property). The whole is greater than the part Is this what you mean ?

I believe that's what I said.

I thought it was funny. But not because Professor X is wheelchair bound; mostly because you're such a 'geek'. 😄 😆 🤣

Everybody pays taxes; If not income taxes, then consumption taxes. The American people just paid Billions of tariff taxes to a Government that imposed them illegally, and are now being told they can't reclaim them. The old adage is you can't escape death or taxes.

It makes perfect sense for Fascists ...

I believe in an expression made famous 250 years ago in Boston. "No Taxation without representation" IOW, if you pay Taxes, in any form, the Government works for you, and you have a say in how they govern. In a perfect world, this would mean everyone gets a vote. Preferably by choice, and competent electors would inform themselves of the issues before making their voting choices. But we know the world isn't perfect, so neither us Democracy. But it's still better than all other systems.

Kirk and Spock were only good together, either one, in isolation, was insufferable. In any society, the 'good of the many' has to be finely balanced with the 'good of the few ( or one )'. Getting that balance right is very tricky; we ( as a society ) seem to swing from either extreme to the other.

While you guys talk about past experiences, I'm still living it; at least for another two months til I retire. Middle managers ( facility level ) get where they got by being good at business baffle-speak; it always impresses during interviews. But their lack of experience dealing with problems and challenges, which are always framed as 'opportunities' for others, means they are too timid to make decisions, good or bad. If you ask any of them why they deserve higher compensation for their work, they'll tell you it is because they are paid to make crucial decisions, yet the only decisions they seem to make are the times to book meeting rooms to endlessly discuss the issue, and avoid making a decision.

Always trust your mother ...

Maybe that's why younger people no longer bother with marriage ...

If @sethoflagos had said filthy rich people are ruining the world for our children, I would have agreed. Maybe he's making the correlation that most rich people are older. But increasingly we have young Billionaires who are devoid of morals, seek inly more wealth, and don't give a damn about anyone else. I attribute this to younger people's increased consumption of social media, and influencers ( as you mentioned ). Old people ( except types like us ) usually have little internet exposure.

I should add that all of us, participating in this discussion, are old. ( except maybe npts2020, Dimreepr and CharonY; I have no idea of their ages ) Yet we all care about how we leave this world for our grandkids, we all value certain aspects of social co-habitation on this world above capitalistic profits, and, at least in my case, vote according to the issues, not ideologies. And we're even all ( reasonably; I'm Italian ) white. What we do have in common is a higher education and 'global' viewpoints. And there are many older persons who think like us, which tends to disprove the notion that the root cause for the world's ills is old people. I think you'll need to dig a bit deeper for the root cause of the world's deteriorating condition.

Not penises. We should disenfranchise 'dicks'. Every once in a while I hear the 'Democracy would be improve if" argument. Along with old people I've heard that ;ow IQ ,and uneducated ( general or of the issues ) people shouldn't vote, immigrants ( although they pay taxes ) shouldn't vote, visible minorities shouldn't vote, women shouldn't vote, etc. Essentially anyone who has a difference of opinion to the person making the argument should not get a vote. For me, the best Democracy is one where I'm the only voter. Oh wait ... that's not Democracy; it's a dictatoeship !

Although the 'photon' concept arose From A Einstein's paper on the Photoelectric Effect, my favorite Physics Channel just presented a 'deeper dive' Does that mean no political videos can be discussed 🙂 ,

I won't copy the charts; just the headings ... "Harris Lost the Most Ground Relative to Biden Among the Youngest Men, Followed by the Youngest Women" "Younger Men and Women Most Disapproved of Biden's Job Performance and Handling of the Economy" "Younger Men Both Were More Favorable to Trump and Approved of the Job He Did as President" IOW, it was the changes from 2020 that handed D Trump the Presidency in 2024. X-posted with @TheVat

Not quite. V Putin has his balls in the Kremlin. But it was either attack Iran and alienate his base along with the opposition. Or alienate everybody with further J Epstein revelations. ( where are the FBI interviews with the 14 year old girl D Trump beat up because she bit his penis when he forced her to perform oral sex ? )

However, if you look at demographic polling data, you'll notice that younger people got us into the current mess 2024 Post-Election Survey: Gender and Age Analysis of 2024 Election Results

External regime changes never work. We, in the Western World are used to internal regime changes, where most countries in Europe and North America shed a lot of blood and lost many young lives, to get rid of their monarchies and establish democracies. Europe in the last century lost millions of lives and remembers their sacrifices. The US, 250 years ago, followed by a bloody Civil War 100 years later, gives the impression that they may be starting to forget how many lives were lost to establish their democracy, and are enabling bad actors in destroying it. If a people is not invested, with sacrifice and blood, in regime change because an external actor has forced it, they will descend right back into despotic, authoritarian governance. Not that I'm sorry the Ayatollah is gone, but unless the US has a 'plan', I fully expect a military or 'strong man' dictatorship, or the equivalent of the Islamic State, to arise in Iran. That's the point we're at; Trump, Hegseth, Bondi, Miller, Noem, Patel, Lutnick, Bessent, Gabbard, et al, couldn't come up with a 'plan' if their lives depended on it. The world has become way more dangerous in 1 year.

Well SNAP!, then. Er, or something. The following summer was the summer of Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side and Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, heard through open windows everywhere.🙂 I was still in Gr 8 in 72-73. However the following year ( Gr 9 in 73-74 ) the Canadian band Rush, played in our school gymnasium. If you knew what I looked like back then, you could find me in the audience near the beginning of their documentary 'Beyond the Lighted Stage'. Didn't get to Uni until 5 years later, old timers 😄 .

I'm not sure if it's still a 'thing', but back when I was in school, the metric system had two dedicated systems of measuring units for science. The CGS ( centimeter-gram-second ) system, and the MKS ( meter-kilogram-second ) system. They are interchangeable, and fully consistent. The important thing to keep in mind is that Energy has units of ( Mass x Distance2 / Time2 ).

yeah, tell it to RFK Jr 😄 .

10 minutes is easy; plenty of time to whip up something. Even 2 min is kind of easy. How about less than a min, or 30 sec. Am I the only one who keeps a large jar of peanut butter in the fridge, and when feeling peckish, will indulge in a couple of spoonfuls ?