I also think determinism is the most likely solution. You have to have a chuckle reading the reasoning of quite a few scientists that it can't be taken seriously because then they'd have no free will, which is unpalatable. I guess in my universe they didn't have the free will to believe in the absence of free will.

It was never going to be good. People writing for a TV show employed by a corporation are not going to produce something worthy of an author writing a novel to fulfill an internal vision that becomes an acclaimed work. It's not even a reflection on them as writers (although the terrible dialogue and plot is), the conditions just aren't viable. If some fan had written a full length novel that was rip roaringly good and became a cultural phenomenon then that might make a basis for a TV show.

Not really. Either alphas only exist because of betas who suck up to them, in which case he's a non-traditional alpha, or the alpha beta thing is a construct that only exists in a very limited way. I'm going with the second option because I've never met someone I would truly think of as an alpha male. The couple of guys I've met over the years who seemed to try and exhibit those traits had no social standing.

no, that's not the point of entanglement. You get to know instantly a bit of information about the distant entangled particle, but you didn't get to transmit new information between locations. The idea that the particles themselves transmitted the information between one another is, in my opinion, also unlikely and just an artefact of the current models we have.

They're talking about low doses of ionising radiation, not the non-ionising radiation used for communications. What you should be taking away from this is that it's fine to keep your cell phone in your pocket, just don't make your clothes out of bananas.

not really

I'm not vegetarian but I've never much liked meat burger patties. Of all the meat variations the favoured one is beef ground up and pressed together? I don't get it. I always liked the traditional veggie burgers that were basically mashed up veg with binding and breadcrumbs mixed in. These meat alternatives have pushed those out. Not too hard to make at home of course.

I don't know. During active use for sure, and I can imagine there are a lot of times it makes sense. Reading any webpage, as soon as you stop scrolling and so long as there's nothing else actively moving on the page it can drop down to 1hz. I would have assumed also AOD as that's where it makes most sense, but I'm only going by what I've read.

The latest batch of android phones already had this drop to 1hz ability during normal use. Interestingly it didn't yield much battery gain.

I thought about this one while making my tea. I used to live in the UK, and I've lived in other European countries and the USA and now in New Zealand. Every developed country has this same issue. It's not a problem, it's just the natural progression from "doing whatever the hell you feel like to increase the economy" to "we probably don't want to actually live and play in the factory."

The author mentions France. France recently introduced some laws to preserve the character of rural villages.

This kind of thinking really shows the split on the right between conservatives and neolibs. Little c conservative right wing idea is that people will sort things out between themselves and that local upwards is better than left wing progressive top down planning. If this were the only left/right axis then I would fall in the middle, maybe slightly left, but I definitely respect the conservative thinking. However, the neolib idea, the one being espoused by this article, is that there should be no state planning OR restrictions brought about by general agreement, instead everything should be left to the whim of the person/organisation with the most money and influence. And, if you don't like that, you can bally well move to a location where the local high lord's whims are more to your liking.

Britain is way more of a small c conservative country than statist or neoliberal, although they seem to be voting in more radical politicians. A case of "get things done, but don't get them done near me".

What? no they aren't. That's never been the definition of a scientists. Scientists research the state of the universe. Engineers use that research to change the universe. Politicians and the rest of us misunderstand, disbelieve, and bugger up policy.

They've given us the solutions, we just don't like them.

I miss really well written sitcoms. They're a lot cheaper to make, accessible, and rewatchable. Frasier was probably my favourite from American TV. But they've pretty much disappeared from British TV too. The IT crowd might have been the last good one. There have been a few others but I mean good with solid funny writing, believable cast, able to see itself through several series.

Netflix did Man verses Bee. Wasn't quite there, but it was the right direction. TV you can just sit down and watch for a laugh and feel some genuine connection with the characters because it's not too far removed from reality, and because they act like actual people.

BBC doesn't run advertising except for it's own content.

Time dilation and relatively can be observed, so they are on much firmer ground than anything to do with the beginning of the universe. The big bang hypothesis and massive starting inflation is quite weak. We can't go back and look. It's designed to explain the evidence that is available. It only really works if the state of the universe was simpler at every step backwards past the observable point. For the people who aren't scientists it would be good if there were clearer lines between what can be inferred and what is speculative.

They're not really needed. The US doesn't need many javelins, they're old and not really the best way for dealing with tanks if you have all the other things the US has. The war in Ukraine has moved on too, in sure more would be useful but not in the way they were at the beginning.