Pat @Pat@qoto.org

#TruthBeTold
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Here are new images from Mars...

#mars #nasa #perseverencerover #4k #ancient #civilization #science #astronomy

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFFwubX1IQ
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accessible image description:

still images of the surface of mars, mostly orange rocks; camera pans across the image, then it shows an ancient stone structure like roman ruins, partially buried in the sand on the surface of mars; the image has been modified to make it look like there are ancient ruins on mars.

#TruthBeTold
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Even before LIGO made its first observations, scientists were able to observe gravity waves. In fact, scientists were making direct observations of gravity waves for more than 50 years before LIGO was built.

#math #LIGO #gravity #gravitational #wave #science #words #surfing #astronomy

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

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accessible image description:

a 2D wave animation showing a sine wave with amplitude modulation with the modulated wave traveling in the opposite direction from the carrier wave, thus demonstrating the difference between phase velocity and the carrier wave or group velocity.

@peterdrake

>"Important question: if you put magnetic poetry on the side of your car, would it stay on during freeway driving?"

Best to leave that to the prose.

@mc

I was not familiar with that work, Une voix dans le désert, or the composer.

It seems an appropriate analogue to what we are facing here.

Thank you.

Here's a short list of a few topics that are more urgent than whatever is going on with that orange asshole…

- climate change
- US just killed more than a million of its own citizens during the pandemic
- AI is about to wipe out half of the jobs on the planet
- humans about to become the number two species on the Earth, after AI
- unfair tax system that lets billionaires pay nothing while others pay up to 50%
- erosion of democracy
- plutocracy in the US
- a Supreme Court that’s for sale to highest bidder
- corruption everywhere else in government
- >100 people die each day from an ongoing epidemic that politicians/media refuse to acknowledge
- people no longer have control over their own bodies
- more than half the population doesn’t have equality because of who they are
- nuclear weapons
- hunger and homelessness
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.

For God’s sake, let’s talk about what matters.

#USPol #journalism #distraction #news #rump

@stux

>"And it would make sense to "keep" the replies on a post even when the post is deleted right?"

@ernstdemoor

>"If I had to build this, I would go for the inReplyTo-ish field, and delete the entire tree if the original poster removes the message"

I absolutely disagree with allowing someone to delete the posts of others. If you delete the entire tree when someone deletes their original post, or a portion of the tree for someone who is within the thread, that allows someone else to delete my posts. That's not right. When someone deletes a post I think there should be a placeholder there to indicate that a post was deleted (and who deleted it) so that other comments following that post can be better understood in context.

By the way, I often will link back to threads that happened months or years ago rather than repeating myself over and over again when the same subject comes up again.

Here on qoto, users are allowed to delete their toots, but everyone else's toots are still visible.

Also, this feature that allows users to delete posts that have replies and thus fuck up the thread is exactly why I often quote from the toot that I'm replying to, so my abandoned toot will still make sense -- like I did here in this thread.

@leovarnet

A method has been developed to suss out causality in natural experiments. Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for their work in developing those methodologies.

I can't begin to understand math on how that is done or if this guy at Columbia used any of those methods, but it is possible to determine causality in natural experiments in some cases.

Also, on the specific claim, I think some more controlled experiments with UBI (Universal Basic Income) have shown that giving money to poor people can significantly reduce anxiety and improve scores related to happiness and well-being. (sorry I can't remember those specific studies).

So at least for poor people there is a causal relationship between money and happiness. (This is common sense if you've ever spoken with someone who is going hungry or who is on the edge homelessness.)

@stux

That guy needs to get a laser pointer. 🙂

@leovarnet

Lawnmower man est fondamentalement une version moderne de Flowers for Algernon, complétée par la réalité virtuelle.

Le premier film que je connaisse qui inclut des états modifiés de conscience est The Astronaut's Dream (1898), qui ironiquement est un film muet. Je sais que certains films muets incluaient des thèmes d'hypnose, mais je ne peux pas penser aux titres pour le moment.

De plus, les personnes autistes sont souvent sensibles aux sons, de sorte que les films qui incluent des thèmes ou des personnages autistes peuvent inclure cet aspect dans les films.

@Gilles_Amjd

@leovarnet

Alors que la liste comprend la sorcellerie et les potions magiques, elle remonte encore plus loin, par exemple, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1596).

@leovarnet

J'ai brièvement examiné ce sujet lors de mes recherches de films pour ma série Films de science-fiction de la semaine. Cela remonte au 19ème siècle avec Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde, et Through the Looking Glass.

Certains jalons du XXe siècle incluent Gaslight (1944), The Wizard of Oz (1939) basé sur le livre précédent de Baum, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Altered States (1980) que vous montrez dans votre toot, Lawnmower Man (1992), Virtuosity ( 1995) et Matrix (1999). Plus récemment Inception et Transcendance.

Il existe des sous-genres tels que l'utilisation de drogues ou de technologies, le contrôle de l'esprit, l'influence extraterrestre ou le transfert d'esprit.

C'est un sujet très vaste.

https://qoto.org/@Pat/109958438054783444

@lupyuen

Is that the same way they fought food addiction during The Great Leap Forward?

@stux

The 1948 Cadillac was a very heavy car.

(The producers of Radar Men from the Moon, 1952, were prescient about gas-powered cars, as can be seen in this clip from the film)

@mc @freemo

I'm a sucker for anything that's self-referential because it so often leads to a paradox.🙂

@mc

>"What controversy? 😉"

Isn't it controversial that Hollywood uses fake controversies to market their films?

@freemo

@freemo @mc

I think every new release out of Hollywood now has a marketing budget item that says, "Faux Controversy".

@veronica @worldwidewernermastodon.social

At least one of the fan series should be on the list, too, Star Trek: New Voyages (2016).

I stopped watching after Abrams
inviscerated the franchise.

@stux @SebastienK
@Melinda

The aliens wouldn't have to take all of the evil people away, they could just mod a few of their neurons to turn them into good people.

ps - I just muted @/deavmi for using the N-word (in a way designed to circumvent filters).

This film was produced in 1960, not 1957 as shown in the title...

Space-Men (1960)
(aka, Assignment: Outer Space)

@lupyuen

I remember being able to change the channel on the TV by jingling my keys.