#from physics to philosophy

[untamellama]

Contradiction is truth. And it isn't.

[beammetothemoon]

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[b4kuch1n]

hi! birthday. which means it's finally time t

yo what the itch store is fixed up now

damn what? I don't know where this came from. look all the comics I put on g*mr**d a year ago are back here again with all the formatting and typesetting by @fireflysummers as well as the exclusive bonus art wtf who did this. my werewolf comic on here too what the hells!! that one also got re-toned for printing if u want to AND an exclusive cover spread !!! what the fuck!!!!! come see for urself I can't make this shit up

[gynandromorph]

One could consider idletry antitheodicy... It places many apologist justifications for God's evil onto a third party who is undeniably unable to harm the reader no matter what they believe about her by emphasizing her fictional nature. It is not only cathartic for me, but I feel strongly that many sadistic and deranged beliefs in this world first stem from biblical beliefs. Not to say that the bible is the source of the beliefs; it is a reflection of their deeply ingrained presence in the primate psyche. As long as we justify the existence of suffering, suffering will continue to proliferate.

[propalahramota]

I was recommended As Above So Below because it's apparently a fun creepy horror movie set in an original location (Paris catacombs) but I didn't know that it's not a movie for a history buff. I'm 10 min in and so far I've mainly been laughing and saying: "What?" through an awkward smile a lot

[thehalfling]

ooh college! what are you studying? :0

This time, I'm attempting to go for a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences. I've already begun studying Fundamentals of Biochemistry, and have yet to start looking into the other first semester subjects: Anatomy of Organ Systems; Cell Biology and Genetics; Ecology, Handling and Conservation of Wildlife.

[elytrafemme]

so my fear rn is that my paper i am writing for this class is legitimately a Good Paper. i am making Interesting Points. but this is a PHILOSOPHY class and if you don't talk enough about the philosophy you get like highest possible grade a low C. and this is 30% of my grade. and i have no concept on if i am talking enough about the philosophy because to be honest i am talking about it but i also am going into a lot of historical information etc. it's more applying philosophy not explaining it, centrally. so i am trying to just finish a draft so i can edit it and submit it by 9pm but i am like literally nauseous over doing this because i am sooooo fucking scared i fucked this up.

[neverendingford]

local man resigned to and devastated by the fact that he has a sex drive.

(Atlas Shrugged)

[lemonduckisnowawake]

I think it would be really cool for the PJO universe to explore that whole thing about being half human, half god more in the sense that they aren't a whole human or a whole god. Of course, that would require exploring what makes a human a human, and how you would only be half that. Compassionate and kind and mortal and flawed and messy but...distant, sometimes, not able to fully connect with the experience of humanity. Always only half in one world and half in the other and being unable to choose which one to fully immerse yourself in because your blood will always connect you to the other world while it also alienates you somewhat from it

[echoesofadream]

Actually what do I study if I am kind of a little bit a stem-girlie but also really definitely not. And I like psychology, religion, languages and linguistics, cultural anthropology/ethnography. Like maths (algebraic, bad at numbers), abhor statistics, like physics (but really bad at a lot of it), dislike chemistry, is okay with biology but not extremely passionate about it quite lukewarm really though medicine is my favorite aspect of it and i kind of like it. Well?

[i-just-want-to-destroy]

Then, what are you really, o turbulence? Where do you hide your face?

Supernova: Kesatria, Putri, dan Bintang Jatuh (Supernova: The Knight, The Princess, and The Falling Star), Dee Lestari

[a-typical]

I hold that popularization of science is successful if, at first, it does no more than spark the sense of wonder. To do that, it is sufficient to provide a glimpse of the findings of science without thoroughly explaining how those findings were achieved. It is easier to portray the destination than the journey. But, where possible, popularizers should try to chronicle some of the mistakes, false starts, dead ends, and apparently hopeless confusion along the way. At least every now and then, we should provide the evidence and let the reader draw his or her own conclusion.

This converts obedient assimilation of new knowledge into personal discovery. When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you never forget it.

— The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan (1996)

[sukimas]

“why do you think yukari wouldn’t annihilate you instantly” have you seen my set of interests. she’d at least give me a couple of hours to be charming about it.

[mjec]

You ever think about the fact that our best model of the universe at a micro scale, quantum electrodynamics, tells us really nothing about the nature of the universe at that scale? It is, after all, just a model.

Or is it? If quantum electrodynamics is a vector space that covers at least the minimal representation of all observable distinguishing information in a system, is that the same thing as the system itself? No, it's merely isomorphic to the system. But what does "is" mean if not isomorphic to all observable distinguishing outputs?

At the smallest scale, the thing itself is just the information. It is in the interactions between information that the universe arises.

Unless that's not true. Because after all, isomorphism is itself a concept constrained by the conceptual framework in which it exists. Though on the other hand, that framework is powerful enough to describe the ideas of observation and distinction. Though I guess we're maybe relying on the axiom of choice here; if observation and distinction are neither countable nor chooseable it breaks down. But that they are countable is the fundamental assumption of quantum physics. That's the quantum in question.

[unmechanism]

I think disagreeing quantum physicists should explore each other's bodies and get over it

[crescentmp3]

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