Recent content by BWV

Aesthetically, I don't like it as music. If a human band and singer reproduced it it would mediocre, but there is a coldness here, and combined with the cheesy image just reeks of AI slop sure Yes is great, and I like a fair amount of purely electronic music, but the stuff I like is not trying...

Listening to a podcast interview with David Wiltshire - the creator of the timescape model - prompted the OP (and thanks to Gemini for crafting a perfect, compliant post). From the replies above, am taking it that as timescape actually is a more parsimonious incorporation of GR, as opposed to...

I’m trying to get a clearer sense of how the physics community evaluates alternative explanations for dark energy compared to alternative explanations for dark matter, such as MOND. My impression is that modified‑gravity approaches to dark matter (e.g., MOND and its relativistic extensions) tend...

This duo has been blowing up the internet

we have had microreactors for decades in naval vessels, the questions should be couched as cost-effective microreactors that do not require weapons-grade uranium for fuel This is the first one https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinese-smr-completes-non-nuclear-steam-start-up-test

A couple great movie tunes w/ the greatest living rock voice

Find these really horrible - Wonder if they are able to monetize these AI-generated tracks

Dont want to make too many assumptions from your pic, but for us of a certain age I am sure a 2G jump would damage something ;)

what is 'much'? it can be both true that a) the vast majority of people never travelled more than 10 miles or whatever and b) over thousands of years there were occasional large migrations that displaced indigenous populations. What we know of native Americans shows large migrations - the...

curious if you really think these answers are better than what an LLM would provide

Given that Floyd Merriweather Jr is the highest earning boxer of all time , think the premise of heavyweights getting paid better is flawed

The missing element here is opportunity cost- the undersized guy who could make up the deficit through athletic talent is better off playing a different position. The very gifted athletes will find their highest and best use - maybe 5’9” Emmitt Smith could have been a decent lineman, but would...

I don’t get how one could identify a gene associated with years of schooling based on comparing the British population in, say, 1700 vs today. I was supposing the genes measured were for more measurable traits such as TB resistance in the OP or things that gave clear survival advantages in the...

The articles online don't get much into potential causes, guessing that its that farming and animal domestication brought on a much higher exposure to diseases through higher population density and mutation of animal viruses and bacteria, also more intermingling of populations as groups with...

It’s like saying there will never be a 5’ starting center in the NBA, because or a 150 pound NFL center as professional fighting requires a minimum level of skill such that any pro heavyweight will have enough boxing skills to employ his size and strength advantage to offset any possible skill...