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  • George KG George K

    @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

    @George-K How old I was ten seconds ago when I redd your post.

    You need a serious torqueing-to.

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    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

    You need a serious torqueing-to.

    Others have tried, but I duct out every time.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. โ€“ Mike Ditka

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    • MikM Mik

      @mark said in Mildly interesting:

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      That belongs in the dark and inappropriate thread. I mean, mostly dark. Really dark.

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      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

      That belongs in the dark and inappropriate thread. I mean, mostly dark. Really dark.

      FWN4k5DXEAEjFX_.jpeg

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

          ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

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          • markM mark

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            Yes, I've been thinking for quite a while that:

            1. Over the long haul, darkness will triumph over light.

            2. When we homo sapiens express philosophical/religious preference for "light," what we really desire is information/knowledge. We use "light" as a shorthand for "information" because we have evolved to primarily use sight (that depends on light) as our primary means of acquiring information. Had we evolved to use sonar to map out our surroundings, we would be waxing philosophy about "sound triumphing over silence" instead of "light triumphing over darkness." And even than, "silence" will win over the long haul.

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            • AxtremusA Axtremus

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              Yes, I've been thinking for quite a while that:

              1. Over the long haul, darkness will triumph over light.

              2. When we homo sapiens express philosophical/religious preference for "light," what we really desire is information/knowledge. We use "light" as a shorthand for "information" because we have evolved to primarily use sight (that depends on light) as our primary means of acquiring information. Had we evolved to use sonar to map out our surroundings, we would be waxing philosophy about "sound triumphing over silence" instead of "light triumphing over darkness." And even than, "silence" will win over the long haul.

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              @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

              light) as our primary means of acquiring information.

              Hence the expression to shed light on something.

              It's weird to think about depending on sound to define our world,isn't it?

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. โ€“ Mike Ditka

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              • AxtremusA Axtremus

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                Yes, I've been thinking for quite a while that:

                1. Over the long haul, darkness will triumph over light.

                2. When we homo sapiens express philosophical/religious preference for "light," what we really desire is information/knowledge. We use "light" as a shorthand for "information" because we have evolved to primarily use sight (that depends on light) as our primary means of acquiring information. Had we evolved to use sonar to map out our surroundings, we would be waxing philosophy about "sound triumphing over silence" instead of "light triumphing over darkness." And even than, "silence" will win over the long haul.

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                @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

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                Yes, I've been thinking for quite a while that:

                1. Over the long haul, darkness will triumph over light.

                2. When we homo sapiens express philosophical/religious preference for "light," what we really desire is information/knowledge. We use "light" as a shorthand for "information" because we have evolved to primarily use sight (that depends on light) as our primary means of acquiring information. Had we evolved to use sonar to map out our surroundings, we would be waxing philosophy about "sound triumphing over silence" instead of "light triumphing over darkness." And even than, "silence" will win over the long haul.

                Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything. Great job, Ax. ๐Ÿ‘

                Please love yourself.

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                  Times of India: "Traditional education is focused on replicating the correct hypothesises, while one of the most important pillars of STEM module is to build creativity. STEM is focused on stimulating the brain and giving it a free reign to create, rather than simply replicate what is already known to the world."

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. โ€“ Mike Ditka

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

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                    Yes, I've been thinking for quite a while that:

                    1. Over the long haul, darkness will triumph over light.

                    2. When we homo sapiens express philosophical/religious preference for "light," what we really desire is information/knowledge. We use "light" as a shorthand for "information" because we have evolved to primarily use sight (that depends on light) as our primary means of acquiring information. Had we evolved to use sonar to map out our surroundings, we would be waxing philosophy about "sound triumphing over silence" instead of "light triumphing over darkness." And even than, "silence" will win over the long haul.

                    Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything. Great job, Ax. ๐Ÿ‘

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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                    Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything.

                    1. No such thing as "too much STEM education."

                    2. Even if there is, it's still better than the flip side "not enough STEM education."

                    3. One good thing about STEM education, if you learn it right, is that it teaches and encourages you to know and specify the limits regarding where you can apply or what you can do with a particular teaching (e.g., a formula, equation, or method), to openly admit error terms and confidence levels. Where a philosophy or religious teacher often claim "this is universal truth," a STEM teacher's standard mode of operation is to carefully qualify "this is true only when conditions X, Y, Z, ... are satisfied," and where physical systems are concerned, often followed by "these are the ways things can turn out differently from predictions using our method, how likely, and by how much."

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                      Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything.

                      1. No such thing as "too much STEM education."

                      2. Even if there is, it's still better than the flip side "not enough STEM education."

                      3. One good thing about STEM education, if you learn it right, is that it teaches and encourages you to know and specify the limits regarding where you can apply or what you can do with a particular teaching (e.g., a formula, equation, or method), to openly admit error terms and confidence levels. Where a philosophy or religious teacher often claim "this is universal truth," a STEM teacher's standard mode of operation is to carefully qualify "this is true only when conditions X, Y, Z, ... are satisfied," and where physical systems are concerned, often followed by "these are the ways things can turn out differently from predictions using our method, how likely, and by how much."

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                      @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                      Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything.

                      1. No such thing as "too much STEM education."

                      Ax, you're the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person. And it's precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                        Couldn't provide a better example of what happens when you get too much STEM education and think you can apply it to everything.

                        1. No such thing as "too much STEM education."

                        Ax, you're the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person. And it's precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

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                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                        ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                        ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                        Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                          ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                          ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                          Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

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                          @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                          ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                          ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                          Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                          Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • George KG George K

                            @Ivorythumper and they all taste the same, right?

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                            @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                            @Ivorythumper and they all taste the same, right?

                            If fed the same diet.

                            โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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                            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                              @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                              ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                              ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                              Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                              Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

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                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                              @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                              ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                              ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                              Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                              Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                              A liberal arts education is best.

                              Appreciate it all...

                              โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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                              • JollyJ Jolly

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                                ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                                Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                                Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                                A liberal arts education is best.

                                Appreciate it all...

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                                @Jolly said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                                ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                                Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                                Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                                A liberal arts education is best.

                                Appreciate it all...

                                Only downside to that is that today, there's liberal arts, and "liberal arts."

                                Too many schools provide only the latter.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                  @Jolly said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                  ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                                  ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                                  Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                                  Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                                  A liberal arts education is best.

                                  Appreciate it all...

                                  Only downside to that is that today, there's liberal arts, and "liberal arts."

                                  Too many schools provide only the latter.

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                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Jolly said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                                  ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
                                  ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

                                  Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

                                  Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

                                  A liberal arts education is best.

                                  Appreciate it all...

                                  Only downside to that is that today, there's liberal arts, and "liberal arts."

                                  Too many schools provide only the latter.

                                  Yep. When they indoctrinate into wokeness, they arenโ€™t teaching how to appreciate something subjectively, but rather to know something factually. They wrap it up in hand wavy posturing meant to carry the credibility of the scientific method.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    Lenz's Law

                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz's_law

                                    "Lenz's law, named after the physicist Emil Lenz who formulated it in 1834, says that the direction of the electric current induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field is such that the magnetic field created by the induced current opposes changes in the initial magnetic field."

                                    IOW, this happens:

                                    Link to video

                                    But even more impressive:

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      Lenz's Law

                                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz's_law

                                      "Lenz's law, named after the physicist Emil Lenz who formulated it in 1834, says that the direction of the electric current induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field is such that the magnetic field created by the induced current opposes changes in the initial magnetic field."

                                      IOW, this happens:

                                      Link to video

                                      But even more impressive:

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                                      @George-K ๐Ÿ‘ฝ

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                                        The Eddy current is so called because Lenz had a friend called Eddy Foucault, and his unfortunate surname sounded too much like a slang term for 'absolutely nothing', which might have been misleading,

                                        Apparently, he also had a magnetic personality.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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