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hmmmn. wanna bet they will create another more toxic threat
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Google: "We created a chip that's faster than the world's most powerful super computers" Also Google: "And we probably live in a multiverse, just a heads up"
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All the infinite possibilities and somehow I got stuck in this one. What a rip off.Morning Brew (@morningbrew) on Threads
Google: "We created a chip that's faster than the world's most powerful super computers" Also Google: "And we probably live in a multiverse, just a heads up"
Most of this is above my pay grade even though I took Astrophysics in college as a undergrad
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'Profound consequences': Canterbury University scientists make 'dark energy' breakthrough
For years, have physicists believed the universe was expanding equally in all directions, and used the concept of "dark energy" to explain this.
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And, as it turns out... may have been much ado about nothing.
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
Chemosphere cut from Web of Science, which calculates impact factors.
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"Despite this, the correction notice on the article states that the error "does not affect the overall conclusion of the paper."And, as it turns out... may have been much ado about nothing.
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
Chemosphere cut from Web of Science, which calculates impact factors.
Unsurprisingly, the author of the original paper is making that claim, despite:
"the authors made a math error in their analysis that put their estimate of exposure to toxins from kitchen utensils off by an order of magnitude. Corrected, the article notes that the exposure potential from kitchen utensils is actually less than a tenth of the limit considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Further, the study found flame retardant contamination in less than 10 percent of the 203 household products it examined—and only about 8 percent of 109 kitchen utensils."
Order of magnitude error? Color me suspicious.
There have been many theories about this and evidence over the years. We are getting closer to understanding. The issue that we are running into is that a lot of the dark matter theory isn't fitting into observation. They seem to keep coming up with excuses later on about why the observation now "fits" dark matter.Sorry Brandon, you are no longer needed.
'Profound consequences': Canterbury University scientists make 'dark energy' breakthrough
For years, have physicists believed the universe was expanding equally in all directions, and used the concept of "dark energy" to explain this.
My brother is a philosophy of science major and this brings up a very important point that is right along his area of study. Dark matter and dark energy, is a "fudge factor" in Einstein's equation, to make it work. And because it explains most things with this fudge factor applied, it means dark energy "must exist". It's a very problematic original postulate. It may be that Einstein+DA and DM is "close" to the "actual" equation from a mathematics standpoint and understanding of the universe, but having to apply these fudge factors that "no one really knows what they are" is possibly a faulty premise. It's equally likely that this is wrong and DA/DM do not exist.
Einstein forgot about magnets. They're the secret sauce that no one considers.
All scientific modelling is approximate. The universe is too large and complex for us to apprehend. When we are taught the "laws" of physics, the practice is to teach them as laws and not to discuss the known limits of their applicability. For instance, Boyle's "law" is applicable only at pressures approaching a vacuum.