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Re: Science
« Reply #77 on: November 15, 2021, 11:39:17 PM »

https://www.science.org/content/article/data-probe-concludes-spider-biologist-placed-leave-has-ph-d-thesis-withdrawn

Sometimes the wheels of science grind slowly, but grind they do.

I suspect the scientist in question is as brilliant as was thought, but that the pressure of living up to that pushed him over the edge.

We'll see.
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Re: Science
« Reply #78 on: November 17, 2021, 09:24:42 AM »

Really glad he is not a climatologist or virologist!   Science denialists would cream their jeans.
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« Reply #79 on: November 19, 2021, 07:39:09 PM »

This explanation of how electricity is actually transmitted will blow your mind.

https://youtu.be/bHIhgxav9LY

One of the best short videos on this topic I have ever seen.
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« Reply #80 on: November 24, 2021, 11:35:19 AM »

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736

The scientific challenge to free will has been reexamined and found wanting.
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« Reply #81 on: November 24, 2021, 08:59:51 PM »

Big thumb up from me.  I have been critical of the determinist interpretation for many years.   The original experimental design was sloppy and made too many assumptions.   
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« Reply #82 on: November 24, 2021, 10:26:57 PM »

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« Reply #83 on: November 26, 2021, 04:44:13 PM »

And physicists recently managed to photograph Schrodinger s cat...

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« Reply #84 on: December 11, 2021, 11:17:34 PM »

This is a stunning finding.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cancer-biology-studies-research-replication-reproducibility

Only 25% of the cancer studies they looked at could be replicated.
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« Reply #86 on: January 08, 2022, 03:49:05 PM »



Born eighty years ago today.  Lived well for 76 years, in spite of ALS.  Nothing holds a curious and open mind back. 
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« Reply #89 on: January 17, 2022, 07:53:42 PM »

Nature's terrible and awesome beauty...



I hope folks are all okay on Tonga and got clear of the beaches when the water came in. 
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