That says that proving theorems in complex enough systems is not guaranteed to be possible. It doesn't have anything to do with creating physical models and testing them through experimentation. Also, arithmetic and logic are certainly used when describing and using those models but are not relevant to the issue I was referring to.

So you want to store the light? That's an interesting idea, how about 2 mirrors facing each other and one that opens. You could open it to let light in and close it s.t. the light keeps bouncing until you need it.

You had a pretty good argument up to this point: "The violin did not evolve, neither did we human beings evolve". That's where you turned into a troll.

We didn't make ourselves but it's pretty much settled that we did evolve from other life forms. Now you might start a debate on who or what made the earth, life and the laws that let evolution happen but saying we didn't evolve is stupidly ignorant.

I agree with your post but I am going to nitpick on one detail, that is regarding this "Not saying that simple = wrong, but to ASSUME the universe is so simple given so much evidence to the contrary". I see your point but I also give an example - before people knew the earth orbited around the Sun and that it did so in an eliptical path they tried to explain movements of sky objects with circles.

When those circles didn't work they used more circles and things got more and more complicated. But two new (I think basic) notions entered, Heliocentrism and the ellipse and things became simpler. I now look at the way quantum mechanics is defined and I think there has to a concept other than the particle that simplifies the QM model. I think that in the end the Universe is simple, not in the sense that a 4year old can grasp all of it but that there isn't a never ending complexity to it.

They said they keep the data for only 1hour for caching purposes and I would think they can't access stuff you deleted. Still, I don't see the problem with WA having your data... Facebook already has it, including the one you deleted so why the hell does it matter any more? It's the same old story - if you don't want your data to be stolen don't post it on the internet, especially on sites that sell it to others...

Not a good idea... you still want to make it and not feel like lost something while doing so. The autograph idea is pretty good actually. A dead astronaut's autograph probably sells well.

For stop and go traffic I'd think driving a stick would be better in the long run - you get lower consumption and the gearbox probably lasts longer. That is assuming you know realyl well how to drive a manual.

And that's why Harrison Ford is actually the main actor in that movie and why he became a huge star while the others disappeared.

Ha! Caught you time-traveller!

Sorry for doing the same joke twice but I had to because he told me to.

Yeah, all scientists should have a nobel as a goal, not money

So? Of course the same damn principles apply, physics didn't change and for now we don't have quantum computing technology or the ability to make tiny fusion reactors for every car.

You are insulting decades of engineers that put a lot of work into improving CPUs or engines. They did that step by step, inventing completely new ideas to make everything go faster and work more reliable. If we lost all the technology since the 70s we would have a tough time reproducing everything. Just saying "use logic gates, flip your bits" doesn't even come close to the problem of building a CPU. You would do a shitty job only basing yourself on "the basic principles".

Well to be fair, the Intel CPU might be old in name but the architecture and design of modern CPUs is very different from the ones at the start. The only thing that is the same is the basic instruction set which are just specification of what the CPU should do, not how. The specification for a rocket engine didn't change either (i.e. output a lot of thrust) but the inner workings design can probably be improved.

How about dolphins for example? They might be able to live normally in space