Anyone here read Vellum: Book of all Hours?
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Anyone here read Vellum: Book of all Hours?
It's pretty damn good. Think string theory with all the bullshit cut out, myths inserted in, multiple homoerotic scenes, and vulgarity that would make a sailor blush. I've honestly never come across such an imaginative book, and it's definitely one of those books out there that you have to read multiple times to get.
The closest books I can think of in the same sort of strain are The Great and Secret Show or possibly The Name of the Wind, although they're not at all like the book so far as context goes, but rather just great examples of imagination run wild.
The closest books I can think of in the same sort of strain are The Great and Secret Show or possibly The Name of the Wind, although they're not at all like the book so far as context goes, but rather just great examples of imagination run wild.
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There is no bullshit in string theory. Wanna know what's bullshit?
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Being taxed and allowed to join the army, but not having the vote?
FUN FACT: I am going to fill out a tax return and get my £52 back. FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT. THIS IS MY MONEY.
FUN FACT: I am going to fill out a tax return and get my £52 back. FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT. THIS IS MY MONEY.
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I'll agree that that is indeed bullshit.Cirtur wrote:Being taxed and allowed to join the army, but not having the vote?
FUN FACT: I am going to fill out a tax return and get my £52 back. FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT. THIS IS MY MONEY.
I should have worded that better, my bad. What I really meant was something closer to "It's based on the idea that there are parallel realities where events are slightly different (sort of like string theory) however it doesn't get bogged down in physics and needless discussion of how things actually work."AHMETxRock wrote:There is no bullshit in string theory. Wanna know what's bullshit?
I'd also like to point out that I realize that there's much more to string theory than the tiny bit I've written here, so please don't hate me for not properly explaining things, hate me for the horrible person that I am.
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Yes, I am the same way, people should take my opinions at face value instead of asking questions.Raziel wrote:it doesn't get bogged down in physics and needless discussion of how things actually work.
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The holocaust isn't real? Well, I guess. DO YOU PLAY HALO?
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Fix'd.AHMETxRock wrote:The holocaust isn't real? Well, I guess I agree entirely
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You should consider starting your own republic. Go find some like-minded, slave-owning capitalists.Cirtur wrote:Being taxed and allowed to join the army, but not having the vote?
FUN FACT: I am going to fill out a tax return and get my £52 back. FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT. THIS IS MY MONEY.
I would just like to say here and now that I think string theory is bullshit.
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Fuck you String Theory isn't bullshit.
And also I don't my own republic. That sounds like a lot of work.
And also I don't my own republic. That sounds like a lot of work.
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I think all of quantum mechanics is bullshit but most people disagree strongly with me.
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That's because you're wrong.
Quantum mechanics is the one that makes sense. Classical mechanics is the bullshit.
Quantum mechanics is the one that makes sense. Classical mechanics is the bullshit.
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Quantum mechanics when applied to macro-sized objects limits out to appear like how it is Newtonian mechanics, but when you got down to the fine details, you realise that it's fundamentally determined by purely random probabilities. It still makes sense in the 'real world', but gives a way better explanation for how things behave at extremely small scales or extremely low temperatures that we don't usually get to witness.
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I'm inclined to say that parts of String Theory are bullshit, however so far as theories go it's still fairly new, so give it 50 years to evolve and we'll see where we're at.Cirtur wrote:Fuck you String Theory isn't bullshit.
And also I don't my own republic. That sounds like a lot of work.
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It's my opinion (I may have expressed it before) that String Theory is more of a religion than a science, just with more math and less moral guidance than most. It's something people believe in because they like it, because it's elegant*, rather than because there's any supporting data.
Quantum Mechanics, for the most part, is really beyond dispute at this point. It's been vindicated in countless experiments. I probably personally know a dozen people that do Quantum Optics experiments on a daily basis. What it means is still open, to a large degree, to interpretation, but as a predictive tool, it's pretty much spot-on.You're free to deny it anyway, of course, but I'd consider it comparable to insisting that dinosaur bones were put there by Satan. I'm not looking for any trouble.
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*Well, as elegant as a theory that requires you to make up 6 extra dimensions can be.
Quantum Mechanics, for the most part, is really beyond dispute at this point. It's been vindicated in countless experiments. I probably personally know a dozen people that do Quantum Optics experiments on a daily basis. What it means is still open, to a large degree, to interpretation, but as a predictive tool, it's pretty much spot-on.
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*Well, as elegant as a theory that requires you to make up 6 extra dimensions can be.
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Quantum mechanics is well-supported by experiment, but scientists still have some conceptual issues with it, particularly concerning the R portion (the collapse of quantum superpositions into one state or the other.
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