Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Constants and variables 92, Math vs Meth edition
Been watching the Everett TweakerCam lately.
These folks are always active, always doing things that seem purposeful at some level but have no overriding goal. 'Norma' is cleaning and sorting trash then tossing it back, or gardening in the pavement joints with a spoon. She pulls weeds conscientiously and systematically, leaving a clean expansion joint, then puts the weeds on her head for decoration.
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Now let's watch the ScientistCam for a while:
So where's the variable? COST. The purposeless activity of the Everett Tweakers has very little cost. They subsist on food stamps. They steal stuff sometimes, but they're not using utilities or cars. The purposeless activity of the Scientist Tweakers costs TRILLIONS in taxpayer money.
Been watching the Everett TweakerCam lately.
These folks are always active, always doing things that seem purposeful at some level but have no overriding goal. 'Norma' is cleaning and sorting trash then tossing it back, or gardening in the pavement joints with a spoon. She pulls weeds conscientiously and systematically, leaving a clean expansion joint, then puts the weeds on her head for decoration.
= = = = =
Now let's watch the ScientistCam for a while:
“For many physicists, the unexplained but seemingly special amount of dark energy in our universe is a frustrating puzzle,” says Salcido. “Our simulations show that even if there was much more dark energy or even very little in the universe then it would only have a minimal effect on star and planet formation.” And this, he suggests, implies that life could potentially exist in many multiverse universes – ironically enough, an uncomfortable conclusion.These folks are always active, always doing things that seem purposeful at some level but have no overriding goal. Salcido is running equations on his computer, checking whether one delusion is caused by another delusion, and concluding that delusion 1 doesn't seem to affect delusion 2, which shouldn't have been a fucking surprise because delusions don't affect anything except your sanity. Both of these delusions were obvious nonsense from the start, but that doesn't stop Salcido. He weeds the expanding universe joints systematically, then puts the delusions in his publications for decoration.
“The multiverse was previously thought to explain the observed value of dark energy as a lottery – we have a lucky ticket and live in the universe that forms beautiful galaxies which permit life as we know it,” says Barnes.
So where's the variable? COST. The purposeless activity of the Everett Tweakers has very little cost. They subsist on food stamps. They steal stuff sometimes, but they're not using utilities or cars. The purposeless activity of the Scientist Tweakers costs TRILLIONS in taxpayer money.
Labels: Constants and Variables
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