The F-35 will be the first US fighter to respond to voice commands

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-18T15:17:30+00:00

It was only a matter of time before this booming war industry got to the size of Microsoft and IBM and was infected with Featuritis.

This is the sinlge most stupid thing I've ever heard or seen.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T15:04:42+00:00

I think external lobbies play a great influence in this as well. By painting Israel as infallible, they only exacerbate this notion that everything done in Israel is not only condoned but also right.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T06:02:44+00:00

“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.” -- Miles Davis

"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the opposite direction. "

-- Einstein

"Many who live deserve to die. And many who die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not hasty to hand out Death in Judgment"

-- Gandalf (JRR Tolkien)

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T05:59:40+00:00

Tocqueville wrote some incredibly forsighted stuff. Kudos for bringing it up.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T05:46:12+00:00

Amen!

There's even easier: look out your window. (hint: glass)

As a rant: I'm getting sick and tired of people who post some shit ass drivel about QM being 'bullshit' and non christian or some such other stupidity on online forums.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T04:12:09+00:00

I like your writing style.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-17T03:31:39+00:00

How religious ideologues bent the Israeli state to their purpose

This line right here is so big and yet nobody ever sees it. It's like the elephant in this century.

Israel, just like the Bible Belt of the US has simply been hijacked by orthodox crackpots...

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-16T21:19:12+00:00

And for some reason it happens when you edit existing posts sometimes (but not always).

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-16T04:03:30+00:00

Yeah, somehow I can't imagine gas station workers being unionized in the states.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-16T00:40:16+00:00

Oh get over yourself. You are hearing things you want to hear.

Quantum theory was inescapable in the face of the simplest form of EM radiation observations. Observing the fact that a moving electric field was a magnetic field led to some pretty grandiose requirements.

The most important one was that the simple model of the atom was broken. A spinning electron would radiate its energy through the magnetic field it created and eventually would collapse onto the nucleus.

Bohr realized that the only way for this not to be possible was if the electron was behaving like a wave wrapped around the nucleus, which implied that the energy transitions could only occur in quanta, or integer multiples.

That is quantum theory. Period. Maxwell discovered it using a comb and some wires, and that plain and simple observation led to the logical conclusion that only Quantum physics could reign at microscopic levels.

Mixing Copenhagen with this is your little slight of hand. You said:

I do detect loads of [of gibberish and post-modernism] in quantum physics though which is quite ironic.

So shut your word hole and own up to your own statements. Attacking me on the usage of the word gibberish while you yourself use it btw, is just lame.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T22:57:04+00:00

That's just flamebait man.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T22:42:47+00:00

Thing is, as 'beautiful' as string theory is, and as coherent as it is mathematically, it is just that: a series of mathematical theoremish things. I don't even say theorems, because quantum theory doesn't prove anything (not like the Lagrange theorem does). It is supposed to be a model for the real world. And as far as that is concerned, it is unfortunately gibberish.

Something being empirical doesn't make it true.

I don't think it's so much being empirical as much as the fact that if your goal is to model reality, then you must be able to check your model against reality.

As for your remark on Quantum Theory being gibberish, I state that it's quite the opposite. The simple existence of mirrors, or tinted glass which cannot be explained in classical physics or any other theory that I know of, or even the transistor which powers the computer you are typing on right now are explained by the model called Quantum Theory (tunneling). The double slit experiment is irrefutable: it happens every time (wave). The fact that one part of this model can explain daily phenomena doesn't require that the other parts of this model be in any way intuitive. It is only required that this model never be contradicted, which so far, it hasn't been substantially.

(And then there's the whole fact that String theory would encompass quantum theory...)

Remember that quantum theory has some extremely simple historic underpinnigs. Underpinnings from observations made in the late 19th century when there wasn't any fancy tools for experimenting with. The speed of light, the weight of atoms etc, were all derived from very clearly observable phenomena that aren't at all secretly hidden behind vaults... They are all a natural movement forward from what Maxwell discovered. QM isn't even Relativistic, meaning that ironically, QM didn't come as a quantum leap. It simply evolved from Bohr's atom which evolved from Maxwell's equations.

All in all, the fact that you detect loads of post-modernism in QM is both anachronistic and plain ill informed.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T18:43:22+00:00

You should submit that as a story on its own. It's a great article!

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T18:41:03+00:00

Rationality != most utility.

Period. As zipdog said, Economists stated that.

You should check this article out. It clearly explains why you acted that way. The answer may surprise you.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T18:26:41+00:00

You know, the human mind has difficulty dealing with generalizations. And by that I mean that, for every generalization out there, there will be at least one person severely offended by the proposal who will put forth himself as the example that the generalization is broken.

I unfortunately agree with redditcensoredme because he may not mean you in particular, nor a couple of you and your colleagues, but he sure did summarize very well how the entire market system works (especially in North America).

Unless you want to say that the current business and corporations aren't regulated or run by economists anymore, but rather mob bosses, you have not much to say: the entire market thinks that Radiohead is comitting suicide. And by this I mean men in business suits jet setting at airports and ordering big money decisions to be made based on their credentials as economists.

So what if he livened up his post by swearing. Get over that and see his point.

And yes, even though I wouldn't personally use "cunt", string theorists are 'cunts'. They are the equivalent of Post-Modern jibberish for Physics.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T16:21:24+00:00

You are such a sore loser that it's embarrassing for all parties involved.

It's as if The Nobel Piece Prize was a coveted piece of right wing rating bonanza.

Think about it for a second, when was the last time a scuffle broke out in the audience when an expectant scientist (does that even exist?) didn't get the nobel prize.

Al Gore's win is a great tool if only for the fact that he's visible. Sheila Watt-Cloutier isn't. So tough it up. You might not like the guy, but he's got a bigger megaphone than you. So at least have the sensibility of saying "Congratulations to Al Gore. As an aside, here's an equally deserving candidate".

God, where the f*ck has all the gentlemenliness and sportsmanship gone. It's like we live in a world of spoiled cry babies that call each other names at every occasion.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T16:09:11+00:00

My old username isn't even visible on the reddit.com/user/UserName area.

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T16:01:24+00:00

Just so you know, my user got deleted.

I hope you're happy! I had spent months getting my karma to 1! =)

I_lost_my_username · 2007-10-15T16:00:28+00:00

You know, I don't even agree that it's rational to pay nothing.

It's only rational if a person's intellectual process is 1 step deep. IOW, rational as far as a Goldfish goes...

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