Science

A look at the role of science in society, and our beliefs.

Most people don’t have a nerves of steel

Most people don’t have a nerves of steel… 😮

It’s more that they’re practiced and experienced and it’s the same thing old shit that always happens with very predictable outcomes based on laws of physics.🎢

How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

SYSK Selects: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

12/5/20 by iHeartRadio

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/116131438
Episode: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW6189473992.mp3

Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect of the universe could be predicted. But the universe, it turns out, is not so tidy. Explore the final frontier with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.

Time

It you use a 32 bit version of Unix, you might run into problems after January 19, 2038 which is 2,147,483,647 seconds after January 1, 1970.

But if you use 64 bit version of Unix, you don’t have to worry as the date won’t roll over for 292 billion years – 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 seconds after January 1, 1970.

The universe is not expected to last for another 292 billion years, so there is generally not much concerned about that date rolling over.

The best estimate for the universe’s lifespan is about 22 billion years remaining, although there is a 95% chance that human beings will be extinct in 7.8 million years with an 20% chance of human extinction by 2100.

I still think children should learn hex and base 2 math rather than the idiotic base 10 math they teach children

I still think children should learn hex and base 2 math rather than the idiotic base 10 math they teach children.

It truly is child abuse to force young children to memorize useless things like 8 times 8 is 64, when it’s so much easier to teach children that you multiply by one and you carry the one to the next position which is always twice the size. Most things in nature grow by doubling, they don’t grow by powers of ten.

Yes, with base two you have to memorize powers of two to convert to the legacy base ten system and also the 16 hex numbers but it’s so much easier and logical. 

Ultracold Soup – The ‘Superfluid’ States Of Matter

Ultracold Soup – The ‘Superfluid’ States Of Matter

8/24/21 by NPR

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/127492810
Episode: https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510351/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/dailyscience/2021/08/20210824_dailyscience_matter_encore.mp3?awCollectionId=510351&awEpisodeId=1030367793&orgId=1&topicId=1007&d=700&p=510351&story=1030367793&t=podcast&e=1030367793&size=11202605&ft=pod&f=510351

(Encore episode) Class is back in session. We’re going “back to school” to dig a little deeper on a concept you were taught in school: states of matter. Today, Emily and Maddie explore OTHER states of matter — beyond solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Martin Zwierlein, professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT), discusses his work with ultracold quantum gases and observing superfluid states of matter.