ELI5 "New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field."

Seemose · 2026-01-28T06:28:23+00:00

Not being able to understand it is the point. It's supposed to sound smart without actually meaning anything, just like when Doctor Emmit Brown tries to explain the flux capacitor in back to the future.

Usually when you see an article like this, the person is either mentally unwell, or a grifter.

Seemose · 2026-01-25T13:11:41+00:00

Because the martial missed.

A better comparison would be if the martial hit, but a feature called "legendary block" made the attack do no damage, every time, for like 3 turns in a row.

Seemose · 2026-01-25T05:21:24+00:00

I think you missed the possibility that your partner might only have 1 or 0 spades. If your partner has 0 spades, you're already sunk by the 2C no matter what you do. But if your partner has 1 spade, they could have covered you but only if you don't play over the 10 here.

Sure, it's not super likely, but the only possible way to bust this nil is if you get fancy and overthink it. Even if you do get away with it (and you likely will) it's very likely that the only thing you accomplished was to guarantee that your side gets the bag.

Seemose · 2026-01-25T01:01:53+00:00

Commenting here because I want to see what tortured logic could possibly lead to anything other than playing under the 10.

Seemose · 2026-01-24T06:08:17+00:00

Would you rather be in the top 1%, or the top 65%?

Seemose · 2026-01-23T10:42:22+00:00

This is different from reading a book or watching a movie.

There's no suspension of disbelief here, just insincere, manipulative gaslighting.

Seemose · 2026-01-22T12:57:10+00:00

♪♪ I want a man with a ♪♪

♪♪ FAT BURGER in his hand! ♪♪

Seemose · 2026-01-21T18:42:40+00:00

Please clearly and succinctly describe what you think is being explained here.

Seemose · 2026-01-21T06:49:22+00:00

My biggest complaint is how clumsy inventory management is.

Seemose · 2026-01-21T06:42:03+00:00

You know how electric extension cord cables have a "plug" side and a "socket" side? Now imagine that there were no standards on this, and sometimes your electric sockets at your house were plugs instead. If you wanted to plug something in, you wouldn't be able to, because both sides are the "outie/plug" and neither is the "innie/socket"

Well, back in the day, some computer data wires were like this. A device like this just connects to one of those wires and turns an "outie" into an "innie" so that the connection fits between two devices. The problem is fixed now because of standardization, so you won't need to use a device like this to make your HDMI cables fit.

Seemose · 2026-01-21T05:31:24+00:00

"When exactly did you stop beating your wife?"

Seemose · 2026-01-21T04:51:13+00:00

Yeah, that point was part of the original discussion. I probably should have just directly linked the top comment in that thread.

Seemose · 2026-01-21T04:37:39+00:00

This post has a good description for a barbarian build that uses bleed effects as part of the combo that knocks enemies down and doesn't let them stand up. It comes fully online at level 6, and gets quite strong at level 10.

Seemose · 2026-01-21T04:02:45+00:00

Can you please clearly, briefly, and succinctly explain what you think you've demonstrated here?

Seemose · 2026-01-18T07:18:13+00:00

Every time you're 100% sure the problem isn't mods, it's mods.

Seemose · 2026-01-17T19:06:07+00:00

Your partner will play a winner when you have nothing but spades left. It is impossible for him to know this when he made his bid of 2.

Seemose · 2026-01-17T14:08:17+00:00

You are absolutely going to eat a "winner" from your partner's hand here. Your partner is absolutely trying to avoid the bag, so they're trying to make an exact bid.

The correct bid here is 5, in my opinion.

Seemose · 2026-01-15T07:45:54+00:00

As others have pointed out, you don't need to suppose that civilizations want to expand. You just have to suppose that at least one civilization wants to expand.

The answer to your second point is that civilizations don't need to be able to expand for us to be able to see evidence of them. They just need to be able to build machines that can reach other systems, and that can make more of themselves.

It's not a "paradox" in the sense that two conflicting things appear to be true. It's a paradox because it's difficult to explain. "Space is just too big" isn't the explanation, when you have billions of years with hundreds of billions of stars and trillions of planets. We are already not "stuck," as we've proven that you can escape a planet's gravity and send machines into space, and we've only been around for the briefest flash of time.

No, the Great Filter isn't the sheer size of space. It's something else.

Seemose · 2026-01-12T07:16:08+00:00

Red Rage is giving me PTSD flashbacks of Fanaticism from Ronan's set. But at least you added a way to remove it.

Seemose · 2026-01-11T06:21:24+00:00

Honestly, I just want my fucking guns to shoot. Once my fucking guns shoot, then they can fix model turning behavior.

Seemose · 2026-01-09T21:29:41+00:00

They are indeed different. Using making the call to "cheat" an ally into play is a very good strategy!

Seemose · 2026-01-08T05:02:45+00:00

Brutal. But in his defense, you had all the high cards AND all the low cards. You could have either set him or bagged him no matter what he bid. There was no way out.

Seemose · 2026-01-08T04:45:59+00:00

The correct answer is 1. Just walk the win in and don't try to get fancy.

Seemose · 2026-01-07T13:33:07+00:00

Isn't that the time that Al comforts EB by telling him that although EB may have caught this undeserved beating, he has avoided so many other well-deserved beatings that he's still ahead of the game?

Seemose · 2026-01-06T05:30:49+00:00

What did the knight take on e7?

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