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Akasazh
·geçen ay·discuss
He said inherit, not inherent
Akasazh
·2 ay önce·discuss
Yeah it's gotten really bad at Citroën, they split of their brand with the DS brand, which was supposed to be the cutting edge design brand, but it's rather generic design with a logo nobody recognizes.

Speaking of logos, the new Citroën logo itself is very ugly.

It's bad when a budget brand, Dacia, is going more inventive stuff, like designing a slide in bed system and attachable tent for their station wagon.
Akasazh
·2 ay önce·discuss
> Ken sent me

I also remember the joke that was written on the same wall 'it takes leather balls to play rugby'.

I didn't get the joke till much later, but somehow it stuck with me.
Akasazh
·4 ay önce·discuss
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Akasazh
·4 ay önce·discuss
Then you have found the goat
Akasazh
·7 ay önce·discuss
I think the title doesn't really give a good impression of the contents of the article.

The article spends most time on evolution Sacks' homosexual identity and struggle with sexuality and repression.

His uncertainty and melancholical bouts maar him question his own work and make the author conclude him 'putting himself in his work'.

However very little evidence is presented. Most insinuated about is 'awakenings' yet even in that case it's hard to reach conclusions.

The author plays of his perennial self-doubt as aan admission, but there's very scant evidence about him actually making up stories.

I'm not saying his method is our isn't flawed, it's just that the title belies the story. The struggle with his sexuality is the main subject and only small bits are about his uncertainty of his work.
Akasazh
·10 ay önce·discuss
That's an amazing write up, and a very fucked state of affairs.
Akasazh
·12 ay önce·discuss
There's no computers nor chairs involved, however.
Akasazh
·12 ay önce·discuss
Nice try Elon
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Yeah, the lack of addictiveness was one used to promote the spiffy new drug heroine over the addictive morphine.
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
We tend to be suckers for the 'big men' way of writing history. As we are hard wired to appreciate causality:

X triggers y which revolutionized how we do z and changed the world to our 'current understanding'.

In this case the writer is trying to push a theological, conservative narrative, and Aquinas fits perfectly! Wow!

Otoh one could argue that Aquinas biggest achievement is showing the natural world cannot be explained solely from the bible, thus necessitating less convoluted explanations (Occam's razor) this paving the way for science through falsification.
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
All writing on the success of technology in war follows the same structure.

A new weapon is introduced and finds success, is boasted as the future of warfare. It works and is a significant advantage for the side using it, being a force multiplier.

After the initial succes the other side starts using it too, and there's a scramble for countermeasures. This makes the wonder weapon less effective.

Then articles are written that are the inverse of the hype following the first implementation. Even doubting if 'this is the end of -wonder weapon- ?'

Look at the tank. With every new weapon (take drones) it is theorized that drones would be the end of effectiveness of tanks as a weapon system.

It's not, but it's not longer a wonder weapon, yet a piece of equipment, that's constantly evolving. Is an arms race and it's been like that since the invention of the club by our ancestors.
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Ok. So it's just tactical that the commander in chief foreshadowed the bombing?
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Maybe a culling improves the quality of the crop?

Napoleon proved that having meritocracy in the battlefield leadership beats out old sullen generals that are there because they have always been..
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
There's no need to ask ChatGPT, astrophysics PHD/u/astromike23 answered exactly that question here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3dgt1f/could_yo...
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Care to share stories?
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
The use of the word 'insane' is a bit strong of you don't mean disrespect.

I do support your enthusiasm for the topic and applaud your critique of the article.

But your argument seems to be: the authors didn't pay much respect to the science, in favor of clickbait; they should've read work of fiction instead.

I cannot asses how scientifically accurate Kim Stanley Robinsons' writing is, but he's a doctor of literature rather than a astrobotanist.
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Isn't there possibility of very in depth racial profiling?

I mean ancestry.com data van be used similarly, but genetical info is inobfuscable.
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Who wants part of a drug pushing retirement state. Give us California!
Akasazh
·geçen yıl·discuss
Any moment now....