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Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 347

"It's more like time doesn't exist as a valid concept for a photon; it just doesn't make sense to talk about a timeline for a photon's frame of reference in the same way that it doesn't make sense to ask what the color red smells like."

Why do you use this stupid metaphor that does not add anything at all?

Comment Re:Simpsons...errr....Matt Ridley did it (Score 1) 85

Or in the "Red Queen."

So much time would be saved, and so much more understanding of evolution would be had, if sexual selection was thought in schools. My guess is that this isn't done be because of the word sex in the name.

In the context of the article:

survival of the fittest -> narrows the gene pool
sexual selection -> increases variation in the gene pool

The fist part prunes the "bad" genes. The sexual part actually encourages any "bad" genes that became sexually attractive by any random start.

The examples are peacocks tail, deer's antlers and human brain.

Comment Re:Occulus Rift (Score 1) 186

"Why spend a shitload of money of a new 4K screen and the video card necessary for an acceptable game experience when I'll be able to do VR with a fraction of the cost and with my existing hardware setup?"

Oh boy, somebody is going to get very disappointed.

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