🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

The mess we are in

Physics explains why humans can walk through crowded places and not spill their coffee – Physics World
https://physicsworld.com/physics-explain-why-humans-can-walk-through-crowded-places-and-not-spill-their-coffee/
They found that for weak oscillations, there was a sharp switch between in phase and antiphase control at the system’s resonant frequency – something that they said can be fully understood using linear systems control theory. For stronger oscillations, the duo discovered a transition region, rich in behaviour, where the motions of the cart and pendulum are not synchronized.

@freemo I've actually though the same since I was a kid because too many of them dismissed my symptoms which I had googled and found the cause but couldn't confirm until I was old enough to pay for tests they wouldn't give me because "google didn't go to medical school".

@johnabs
@freemo

i pasted the rules here in a hedgedoc. the document is freely editable for everyone..if you want to make changes or add to it, feel free to ;-)

https://hedgedoc.satoshishop.de/pSkm0ah9SxqwQ6K-XUBpOg

@johnabs

i try to stick to my rules, when debating and point out logic fallacys if i spot one.

this give more structure to the debate and helps me stay sane, i guess xD

@freemo

@freemo Tell me about it. I hate getting in discussions with people who don't understand logic well. It's necessary to try to make society a more reasonable place , but arguing with people who reason backwards (from conclusion first) or from emotion is incredibly frustrating.

@freemo @M0YNG @hans_w

Does that mean that the plants that grow in the soil are cannibals?

@freemo
That's exactly where I heard it!

@freemo

I just heard today that plants are made mostly of air, and a little water. Most of the structure of plants are carbon from CO2, and hydrogen from the rain. Just a very small amount is minerals from the soil.

@freemo
And almost 9 pounds of water ( if I did my math right)

@danny @freemo @yarmo
The way I take it, you're only taking care of your half of the problem. The other, bigger(understatement) half is upstream and is a different battle that individuals can only fight by making appeals to companies and politicians. That's a whole 'nother beast that most people aren't equipped to get down n dirty with as compared to peacefully, quietly, solitarily planting gardens.