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esse gerade ein halbes kilo tofu, gebraten, sonst nichts
The main "types" of physics (maybe all natural science) are held to be theoretical, experimental, and computational, with some debate whether computational science is theory, experiment, or a 3rd category. I've recently seen data analysis added as a 4th.
My personal view is that computational physics is, if done "right", definitely a type of mathematical/theoretical research - but a lot of it is data churning; some sort of non-science. The same could be said of analysing big data and experimental science.
scientific publishing as a game - discuss
"When Science is A Game", Simon DeDeo, 2020
https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05994
#paperoftheday #science
paper submitted ☑️
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The concept of the carbon footprint is the invention of a communication campaign paid for by BP, one of the world's biggest oil producer. Its aim was to shift the responsibility for the climate crisis from fossil fuel companies to the individual. And it was successful.
@khird good article. wouldn't call it a non-explanation. there's far more reasons and perspectives in the article than that. and enough hints towards history, sources, and people that anyone extra-curious could dig further.
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Programming, every single time.
4 hours into the project:
"Awesome, this is straight-forward and we're almost done already!"
4 weeks into the project:
"WTF, how can this be so complicated?"
it's black inside now.
maybe enteridium lycoperdon #mushrooms #fungus
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The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived - Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gz53/the-conspiracy-singularity-has-arrived
Once lockdown here in Nelson, New Zealand ended as we got COVID19 under control, I did see a few protests. And with the anti-5G one I did notice there seemed to be significant overlap with the "ban 1080" movement.
1080, btw, is a mammal poison we use when the invasive possum species get out of control. There's long been small, persistant, & vocal protests against it.
@Lwasserman in the park lol. I'll try to get a picture if it's still there tomorrow
found a fungus (?) with a thin white skin and gloopy iridescent orange and pink insides. textures sort of like a brie.
social media is a gamble. you are betting that you are smart enough and focussed enough to extract slightly more information, entertainment, and social interaction than what you pay in leached attention, extracted behavioural data, and being influenced by ads present and future. the house always wins.
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trail run day !!
new city: start over looking for suitable branches and railings #rows #dips #pullups #lockdownfitness
#paperoftheday
"Physics, Topology, Logic, and Computation: A Rosetta Stone"
http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/rosetta.pdf
(!)
#science #physics #math
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The Humanities are dying a slow, painful death in English universities. If you though we were thick as pigshit before...
Anyway, a thread here follows:
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