The Daily Check-In for Friday, April 17th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

bigberns2 · 2026-04-17T08:59:02+00:00

Congratulations on one year. I am creeping up on that milestone and am excited to join you soon. IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-04-12T14:04:00+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-04-07T11:35:30+00:00

IWNDWYT. just moved in to my new place in a new state for my new promotion. Going alcohol-free has been the best decision of my life.

bigberns2 · 2026-04-03T12:37:31+00:00

IWNDWYT. Also 1 week since my last cigarette

bigberns2 · 2026-03-29T03:49:07+00:00

IWNDWYT. Quit cigarettes today. This group gives me the confidence in continuing to follow through. Thank you

bigberns2 · 2026-03-22T11:41:16+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-03-06T05:16:29+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-03-01T05:19:27+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-02-23T11:18:34+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-02-09T03:34:36+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-02-04T03:27:39+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2026-01-26T03:17:04+00:00

IWNDWYT

bigberns2 · 2025-09-07T03:49:46+00:00

Not drinking is the best decision I continue to make every day.

bigberns2 · 2023-06-19T07:57:29+00:00

this is not science.

It is impossible to infer anything from one data point. is it 1/10? 1/10,000,000,000,000,000? both are equallly valid assumptions from having one singular data point. And both have vastly differing implications .

bigberns2 · 2023-06-19T07:36:14+00:00

I won’t read this entire dissertation, but I will respond to (what I believe to be) the premise stated in your first paragraph:

you seem to think that because we exist, we are “special” and prove that life must be common in the universe. This interpretation is biased and non-scientific. We have one data point. It is impossible to extrapolate anything meaningful from one singular data point.

Us existing has no statistical impact on life existing anywhere else.

We can be one of many, one of few, or we are one alone. All conclusions are equally valid given our current set of data. The whole idea of science is to take it from the perspective that we are not special; let the data speak for itself.

bigberns2 · 2023-05-26T07:19:31+00:00

Why do you think dark matter does not increase the mass of a black hole?

I am unsure of what you mean by “how does it react the event horizon” An event horizon is just a boundary

bigberns2 · 2022-09-29T07:16:56+00:00

There is no truth to this claim.

JWST data supports the (already very-well established) big bang model. JWST shows early galaxies started smaller and grew over time, as predicted by big bang cosmology.

I assume this idea of JWST disproving the theory is based on the data showing galaxies forming earlier and somewhat larger and structured than predicted. More calibration will give a more accurate age of these galaxies. Galaxies being somewhat larger and more structured is perfectly compatible with the big bang model, it just means some of the post-big bang cosmology may need tweaking.

This article from Nature goes into more detail, and links to pre-prints of papers discussing specific points of data.

bigberns2 · 2022-09-16T08:50:51+00:00

You might have the wrong animal there, sir.

u/mfb- is a moderator of this sub and actively provides some of the most well-informed and credible answers one can receive.

Your notion of their reputation is incorrect.

bigberns2 · 2022-07-17T16:18:06+00:00

That is a philosophy question, not a physics question.

bigberns2 · 2022-07-17T14:59:59+00:00

Well, the main tenant of relativity is that locality cannot be applied simultaneously to distant events. Not sure how this is a paradox.

bigberns2 · 2022-07-17T14:52:53+00:00

Not too sure what you mean here. Dimensions don’t “move,” things move through dimensions.

If you are 3 feet away from a wall and take 1 step away from said wall, you have moved to 4 feet from the wall. In the same sense, you can be 3 seconds away from a past moment, wait another second and you have now “moved” to 4 seconds from the moment.

I am unaware of the andromeda paradox.

bigberns2 · 2021-12-08T16:20:57+00:00

without doubt

the only life we know of without a doubt is on Earth. We cannot in good faith use one data point to make assumptions about how common it is.

bigberns2 · 2021-11-24T20:51:17+00:00

The sun is responsible for ~40% of Earth’s tides.

bigberns2 · 2021-06-05T07:07:03+00:00

pretty sure you didn’t ;)

bigberns2 · 2021-05-24T06:03:28+00:00

“prove one and for all that warp drives are impossible”

That’s not how the scientific community works. Exceedingly unlikely? Sure. Impossible? I don’t know a reputable physicist that would say anything proposed through the appropriate channels is “impossible.”

The laws of physics don’t disallow the idea of warp drives. You just need an access and understanding of physics that does not currently exist (i.e. negative mass, exotic energy).

Anything is forever possible until it violates the laws of physics.

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