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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Undergrad What is the Difference between Maths and Classical Mechanics? with
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Yes, but the blip on the screen is just a blip. It could mean anything. There is nothing inherent in a blip to distinguish one... -
russ_watters reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Escape velocity is a constraint due to limited fuel? with Like.
To answer this directly - sure. If you don't have to worry about fuel. You could even walk out of a gravity well at a snails' pace, if...
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russ_watters reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Escape velocity is a constraint due to limited fuel? with Like.
I'm working on a story, and I want to ensure I have the basics straight. I'm not looking for any speculation, just facts. It is...
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russ_watters reacted to mfb's post in the thread SpaceX starts operational Starship launches with Like.
Yeah, that's the normal outcome. The ship is designed to be caught by the launch tower. For testing they simulate that landing by...
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Starship launch in 15 minutes
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I've made a handful of posts to PF where I have used an LLM to assist me with the post - always with attribution (always ChatGPT). And I...
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russ_watters reacted to Muu9's post in the thread Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature with Like.
Shouldn't peer review be catching these fraudulent citations? If it isn't, what does that suggest about the feasibility of the current...
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russ_watters reacted to Rive's post in the thread Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature with Like.
Honestly, I would consider this fraud.
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It's similar to a photographer taking a photo of an iconic scene at a location. We like to go there ourselves and take photos of our...
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russ_watters reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread High School Are we alone out there? The mystery of life in the Universe with Like.
On Earth, we seem to find life in places we long thought were impossible, as long as there is some source of energy. And the definition...
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russ_watters reacted to javisot's post in the thread High School Are we alone out there? The mystery of life in the Universe with Like.
Greetings. If those are the two options, I personally choose the scenario where we first discover microbial life (assuming it exists)...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Graduate Momentum vs inertia.No, I don't think so. Inertia (mass) could be considered resistance to acceleration due to applied force via a=f/m. I'm not even sure...
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russ_watters reacted to DEvens's post in the thread Studying Correlating IQ and STEM performance with Like.
IQ tests are not perfect, but don't need to be. A test of "puzzle solving" sort of intelligence, if well constructed, will have a good...
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russ_watters reacted to symbolipoint's post in the thread Studying Correlating IQ and STEM performance with Like.
Two necessary parts of the answer: Yes. Be careful how you think about "IQ", since effort is too often undervalued unjustifiably...
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LOL oh lordy, here is the correct story, thanks...