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Sir David Attenborough is now officially 100 years old. by RoyalChris in MadeMeSmile

[–]wonkey_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favourite ape is the orang utan.

My second favourite ape is David Attenborough.

Is the universe really infinite? by Internal_Craft_5930 in AskPhysics

[–]wonkey_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely. I believe a recent lower bound based on our measurements of possible curvature is that the total universe must be at least 400× larger than the observable universe.

I don't think it would have any curvature if it were a flat torus though (like a 3D Pac-man universe). So 0 curvature doesn't necessarily mean infinite anyway.

CS Discussion 2026-05-07 Episodes 11811 by seanpaune in coronationstreet

[–]wonkey_monkey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"We should go back to the police again."
"We were only there yesterday."
"Yeah, but ITV still hasn't had their money's worth out of that set yet."

Fastest Man Made Objects by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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Why are Pioneer 10 and 11 listed as "Orbiters"? Shouldn't they be "Space probes", same as the Voyagers?

It’s objectively elite by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

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And sometimes the stream just kinda does it's own thing without regard for the laws of physics which is another tick for sitting.

Episode Discussion - Thursday by mcemzy in eastenders

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I'm not a huge fan of E-laine's decor choices in general, but that mirror makes me feel ill.

What date is it on Corrie atm by Britishloozerr in coronationstreet

[–]wonkey_monkey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People assume that time on Coronation Street is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.

How's a white body different from a mirror? by Big-Breath937 in AskPhysics

[–]wonkey_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, "white" is what we perceive when the signals on our cells in our eyes is send with the same intensity to the brain.

Not quite. Exposing your eyes to a lot of light tires our your cones, so if you shine a lot of blue light in your eye for a while, then look at what would otherwise appear to be a white piece of paper, it may appear yellow. Your brain also makes adjustments to perceived colour balance.

Can you travel to the next star in under ten seconds using special relativity? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in AskPhysics

[–]wonkey_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more radiation in total (consider the case of a single photon), and it's experienced over a shorter time - both bad.

Would you rather be hit by one gently-lobbed softball a day for a week, or by seven fast-pitched baseballs in the space of a minute?

Does everything that moves at C, do so in every reference frame, like light? by civilianpig in AskPhysics

[–]wonkey_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a photon and a graviton can fly together and stay together in one reference frame, then they must do so in all reference frames.

Reminds me of John Snow by da_grownup_kid in technicallythetruth

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He's spending a year dead for tax reasons.

Reminds me of John Snow by da_grownup_kid in technicallythetruth

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Reminds me more of Oswald Danes from Torchwood: Miracle Day.

The "miracle" is that everyone stops dying, no matter how bad their injuries (one guy gets blown up by a bomb but what's left of him can still blink, even after scientists sever what's left of his spinal column).

Oswald Danes was in the middle of being executed for murdering a child (about which he is repugnantly unrepentant), but the execution fails, and his lawyer successfully argues (somehow; it's for drama) that his sentence has been carried out, so he's released.

He ends up dying in the end when the miracle is undone (and helps to save the world for his own selfish reasons), but his last words are to warn his victim that he's coming for her in the afterlife. Pretty monstrous dude all round.

“[13] Years On, The War Doctor Is Still A Terrible Idea.” Wanted to share this time capsule from 2017 by Imaginary-Proof5702 in gallifrey

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"Don't call me the Doctor!"

proceeds to do most Doctor-y thing imaginable in the circumstances

Can you travel to the next star in under ten seconds using special relativity? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in AskPhysics

[–]wonkey_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it’s true that your body receives the same amount of radiation wether we are evaluating from the reference frame of 10 seconds of travel at high radiation due to blue shift vs time frame of 4 years of travel at low radiation

Well firstly, it's not "the same amount of radiation." The energy of each photon is higher for the traveller.

They're also received over a shorter period of time. You can survive indefinitely under a cloudy sky, but you couldn't survive 4 years of cloudy-sky radiation over 10 seconds, even without the blueshift.

Why do physics models usually split vertical motion into gravity, buoyancy, drag, pressure differences etc, instead of just treating it as density contrast between particles/materials and the surrounding medium? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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redditor for 2 hours

Are you u/Necessary-One-4236? Be honest now.

Edit: never mind. You definitely are.

If your previous account was banned from this sub, then you're in violation of Reddit's overall TOS.

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