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I like poems - AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT MORE THAN 8 LINES LONG. But that is not a joke.

Never been a fan of poetry. But this Bilston guy is brilliant.

Let's say in a nice leisurely challenge, I jump a foot. i.e. my feet peak at one foot off the ground. If I were in 2g and I expended...

I always feel that the overemphasis on “observers” can naturally lead to this kind of a misunderstanding.

Why are we talking about human perception? Relativity worked just fine for the 13.69 billion years before humans came along. It's a...

I don't want to derail this thread. I'll jump in and, hopefully, back out. The insight article seems to jump into the middle of an...

AIs were never asked to sign the social contract. They can't know moral/ethical right from wrong unless told.

I see what you mean. But of course, in very low g, the term "under" loses much of its meaning. I think, essentially, it would be more a...

Pleased to see my favourite, Hofstadter's Law, in-the-wild...

John Varley's 'The Black Hole Passes'? Ouch! He is no slouch in the sci-fi world. No wonder it put you off all other sci-fi.

Problem with AI is that the more details you add to a scenario, the more it will forget. You'll get all the way to a plausible...

I'm sure someone else has mentioned it but Earth's Roche limit is about 18,000 km, as is your Venus-size planet's Roche Limit. The...

Not a homework assignment, I'm too old for that.

*Ahem* should have been Careful with your diction in homework assignments.