Comments for Science In Real Life

Comment on Science In Reel Life: Sherlock Holmes, Part 1 by Gary Oak

Gary Oak — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:59:35 +0000

Wow you have told me nothing…

Comment on Science In Reel Life: Sherlock Holmes, Part 1 by Todd

Todd — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:36:22 +0000

You have the 1st part wrong & saw what I had thought at 1st too; Blackwood’s father BOIL. In fact, he DOES NOT. If You notice after the murder when Holmes is amongst the bobbies from Scotland Yard, He asks what the dish is next to him; “Jasmine Scented Bathsalts” & he gives direction to find it. Bathsalts are EFFERVESCENT. They produce a nice little tickle of a bathing experience for those, at the time period, were wealthy enough to afford such luxuries, nonetheless bathe. But (it’s mostly left to be assumed), that the paralytic was mixed with the bathsalts & The nefarious patriciadical Lord Blackwood layed in wait, inside his father’s secret occult bedroom to hear the fizzing of death so he could watch his father DROWN (Sherlock DOES SAY; “Arranging for Your own Father to DROWN IN HIS OWN BATHTUB required more modern science…”), &then steal his ox ring before his arm slips into the water which’d force Lord Henry Blackwood to also reach-in & Expose himself to the paralytic.

Comment on Altering the Past, part 1 by spatialrift47

spatialrift47 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:22:08 +0000

Excellent! There might be a quiz later.

Comment on Altering the Past, part 1 by ducky

ducky — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:20:48 +0000

Oh, and I am working on my homework!!

Comment on Altering the Past, part 1 by ducky

ducky — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:19:54 +0000

*brain melts*

Fascinating discussion and info, nonetheless!

Comment on Physics Playlist by Rory

Rory — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:37:01 +0000

There’s also “First and Second Law” by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_and_Swann) in their album At the Drop of Another Hat. It has done a very good job of making me remember the first and second laws of thermodynamics. YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb2kBFqrZx8. The intro to the piece is at the end of the previous track, “Ill Wind”, which I couldn’t find on YouTube.

Comment on Neutrinos and the Human Body by spatialrift47

spatialrift47 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:05:26 +0000

Well, I’ll put Moffat on the list of potential topics. I may just do it as a more general “The hell is this dark matter stuff anyway?” post.

I’m open to nonlocality, but there are other philosophical wrinkles that need to be ironed out if you want to preserve causality. Which I do.

Comment on Neutrinos and the Human Body by Raquel

Raquel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:53:46 +0000

It is, indeed! Otherwise, all I really think about is A Song of Ice and Fire, and what I can cook for dinner tomorrow (I’ve been on a Food Network kick! Just discovered asiago cheese and homemade dips)!

Comment on Neutrinos and the Human Body by Tomcat

Tomcat — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:35:37 +0000

Raquel, his understanding of this stuff exceeds mine by at least as much as mine could exceed yours, but it’s cool to think about, isn’t it?

Comment on Neutrinos and the Human Body by Tomcat

Tomcat — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:32:42 +0000

Up to you if you think he’s worth your study. I read his book about modified gravity a couple of years ago, but can’t claim to be conversant with it. I have read only a few sentences about his nonlocal QM.

Like you, I’m open to nonlocality – as long as actual particles (with mass) aren’t exceeding c.

Unlike you, I’m deeply suspicious of, not dark matter per se, necessarily, but as the explanation of the galaxy rotational velocity curve. That all these individual galaxies of different radii and masses have just the right WIMP halo to share the same rotational curve seems a stretch to me.