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FactChecker replied to the thread Graduate Rotating Disk Method to Attain Light Speed?.The centrifugal force at the edge of the disk is proportional to the radius of the disk, which in this case is about 30,000 miles. Have... -
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The best way to avoid misleading knowledge is to be very careful what sources you look at (the best ones are textbooks and peer-reviewed... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Gmail AI summaries.Yes! It would not occur to me that AI would search through my old emails to find a password. I assume that it took advantage of you... -
FactChecker replied to the thread High School Classic question regarding the nature of quantum tunneling.Very true. But it should be added that some work is going on in quantum computing/error correction, and quantum communication with... -
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Theories can only be tested so far. It's an open question whether a cat could tunnel through a wall by sheer randomness. The probability... -
FactChecker replied to the thread High School Classic question regarding the nature of quantum tunneling.You are asking about something that is so unlikely that any theories will/have remained unverified for a very long time (billions of... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Gmail AI summaries.I don't think you should count on this. It's often shocking how careless people/companies are on things that they are experts at. -
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FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Formalizing infinity sets.When you talk about a "infinite", are you talking about a distance/metric, or are you talking about the number of elements in the set A... -
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That machine has VGA and HDMI ports, whereby to connect to an external monitor ##-## if the port isn't damaged, it should become active... -
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I understand that the Uncertainty Principle is considered as embedded in Nature and is not to be considered as a simple limit on the... -
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Yes. By a landslide. And not just in an intuitive sense; most seemed to know it probabilistically. -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.Hay!!! I take that personally. ..... well, ok. :cool: If that was the FB consensus, I am surprised and impressed.