Gregg R Thomas

I think “mushrooms…and…blue cheese vodka”…have much to answer for 🙂

Yes Simon but I would treat “fundamental” and “thorough” differently. A model can be thorough by including many relevant factors, but that doesn’t make all those factors fundamental.

What I’m pushing back on is the physics habit of treating “fundamental” as meaning “smallest,” “indivisible,” or “basic ingredient.” I agree that something can…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What physics gets wrong about the idea of “fundamental”.

Yes, I think a model should be “thorough” as well as “fundamental”.  Some fundamental elements are not just individisible particles – they’re also structural factors, for example, that form the fabric of reality.  So, the fundamental constants of the unive…[Read more]

Thank you Reg!

Have a great week!!

I generally try to leave personal commentary out of the main page and just publish the linked headlines. But I am in no mood for any religious bigots or theist bullshit this week. 🙂

I am forever in search of the perfect red lentil stew. I had one from Andhra Bhavan this evening that came close.

Then I heard about Genesis 25: 29-34 where Esau came home exhausted and hungry after hunting. Jacob was cooking a red stew — traditionally understood as lentil stew.

Esau said “Give me some of that red stew.” Jacob replied: “Sell…[Read more]

I think @fullermingjr is a really nice guy and a gentleman.

Just for clarity my “I guess you might say he not a no-goodnik, he just misunderstood…” was referring to Larry David and not Fullermingjr  🙂

Jake, I guess you might say he not a no-goodnik, he just misunderstood…

Unseen wrote:
Don’t honeybees tell each other (reporting information) where to find newly-discovered nectar-hunting grounds, which then send other bees (behavior) to exploit them?

Apparently, when a bee goes to a flower, it leaves sweaty footprints on the petals.  Another bee can come along and smell the footprints and determine how long ago th…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Yes, chimpanzees exhibit culture, defined as behaviors that are socially transmitted rather than genetically inherited or caused solely by ecological factors.

Don’t honeybees tell each other (reporting information) where to find newly-discovered nectar-hunting grounds, which then send other bees (behavior) to exploit…[Read more]

Jake, why was the pager incident a turning point?  People in my various circles thought it was an ingenious way to target only the terrorists rather than scatterbombing.

Reg?  No

Great Strega…I’ll take Europe and you moderate America…Ok 🙂

Thanks, Reg!

Yes, alternative medicine is an alternative to medicine. However acupuncture is just as effective when used in conjunction with aromatherapy !!  I know someone who spent almost 3K on a course of it for sciatica and was no better off after the final session. I eventually persuaded him to try the “dead hang” on the calisthenics bars in the local…[Read more]

Have a great week!