I don’t like Tyson because I feel he preaches an inaccurate version of the scientific philosophy. So many times I hear him saying things along the lines of absolute certainty, because it’s SCIENCE.

Where, we of the true faith, preach: the evidence indicates that this is the most likely to be true, or at least, this model makes predictions about the world more reliably than any other we currently have.

Amen.

Pretty soon that devine right of kings and thing is going to look laughable by comparison.

Kings were nowhere near this rich, or powerful.

While I know that these days, bugs in code can cause real-world harm (personal info leaks, superannuation records lost, lol google), I find it humorous to think of the equivalent, even worse outcomes in my discipline (chemical/process engineering).

“Didn’t do any checks, fuck it, I know this calculation is fire 🔥”

Later: 🔥🔥💥

How long do patents last for anyway? Pokemon being caught in balls must be many, many decades old by this point.

They’ve started serving ads when you skip backwards. Drives me fucking nuts.

I was willing to use the mobile app with ads because the interface is slightly less buggy.

Ad blocking on mobile web it is for me now 👍

I do think it’s reasonable to say they are all wrong, but I agree with you, this logic provided in the image doesn’t make sense.

It being impossible for all to be true, doesn’t imply they are all false.

It’s likely they are all false, if you subscribe to the philosophy of science, where without testable evidence, it’s deemed unreasonable to assume something likely to be true.

The (in my opinion) correct opinion is that all religions are very likely false, because none have provided convincing evidence according to the scientific method.

Oooooooooh, yes thank you. This will stop bothering me now 😌

Total side note because I could find anything on it. Why is it “Get Out The Vote” and not “Get Out To Vote”?

The popular one doesn’t seem to make grammatical sense, is this some older form of grammar hanging around in a popular slogan?

So, if you plan an arson as a protest, is that 8 years or 18 years?

Eating your offspring seems terribly energy inefficient

I’m on the youngest side of the millennials, when do I inherit, since I often like to phone in, as these days if you want something fixed quick, you’re better off calling (in Australia at least).

Much better waiting on hold for 10 mins than who knows how many business days before the customer service inevitably copy pastes something from the FAQ that doesn’t resolve your problem.

Also, I like to call friends, on the phone. And use SMS 0_0

Again, when can I get my inheritance, thanks haha

A video which puts all the arguments better than I ever could: https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo

But the notion you can only have high clearance by making your hood so massive to the point you can’t see your child as you run them over in your own driveway, doesn’t make sense.

I’d strongly encourage you to give the video a go.

These trucks are now infesting my streets to (Australia) to a lesser degree. It’s an arms race that really needs to be stopped. I hope you consider some of the points made in the video.

You’re right. Literally unplayable

Honestly, good on you so much for sharing. The fact you’re not ashamed and willing to share could save someone from the same attack, and as others have pointed out, even the most security minded of us can have lapses in judgement.

I’m really glad you weren’t screwed in the end.

Hey American modern pick up truck heads. Notice how normal the bonnet is? Notice how you can SEE enough to not run people over? This is a true utility vehicle. Look how massive this bad boy is without being a death machine 👍

Bloody English spelling… There’s a reason spelling bees don’t exist in some other languages.

We have a competition for spelling because English spelling is so bad at its job.

Chiming in with barely any knowledge on the topic.

Universities are massive institutions, with serious cash behind them. What the hell is stopping, say, all the public Australian universities just setting up their own journal, running it at cost for all the universities in Australia?

Make it make sense.

As someone who will die on the hill that USC/Imperial is worse than (or the same as) metric in every single way:

Yeah, the British are idiots, and we Australians also use their confusing system too. I hate it.

The ground level is the first level you walk into, this should be 1.

Expressed another way:

— 2

Level 2: between floor (the actual floor) (1,2)

— 1

Level 1: (0,1)

— 0, The ground

Level B1: (-1,0)

— -1

Etc

In the international system (the one Americans use) you are concerned where your head is.

The British system wants to know where your feet are.

The American (and many other countries) system makes way more sense.

The ground floor is the first floor.

I live under the British system (Australia) of floor naming.

So annoying.

Next year will likely explode.

There are those of us who think windows 10 is passable, have used it for many years, and were never planning on switching to Linux because we’re normies.

Windows 11 changes that, and when security updates for Win10 end in 2025, I’m switching to Linux.