A meteorite large enough to produce many palm-sized chunks of debris seems to have either struck or exploded over western Cuba. Lots of people are posting video and pictures of the meteorite fragments and the sonic boom/contrail created by the meteorite. The explosion was caught by a weather satellite.
Past versions of ourselves die as we age. We are but our memories. More so if you are Doctor Who.
Nah, continuity of self continues past the point where we forget things in any normal sense. If you were only your memories, then you'd be in a constant state of dying every few seconds as you forget memories and events as you experience them or as they degrade.
You could copy my memories entirely into a machine, and I would still not be the one who wakes up as a computer, rather it would be a simulacrum of me that awakes. If you then killed my body, then I would be dead, and the simulacrum of me would be left in the machine.
To an external viewer, we may seem the same, but I do not see through its eyes, and it does not see through mine. At the point at which the simulacrum is created, time's arrow begins for it and immediately diverges from my continuity of self to become a new entity.
Continuity of Self is beyond memories, it is waking and recognizing that I am I and am not you.
I've actually thought on this enough that I've developed a name for my simulacrum if it comes to pass. Sort of like if you're paranoid and come up with something to identify yourself if you time travel and need to meet your past self.
If i was looking for research papers on astronomy, cosmology, or astrophysics, would I be okay looking through JSTOR or is there an alternative database for those types of papers?
In most fields, Google scholar will now give you the most comprehensive overview with better relevance detection. As long as you have a reasonable idea of the research you're looking for.
At the beginning he's like, "Now imagine 1000 balloons!" and my brain immediately said, "Dude that's like, 400" and then he says it was 399. I am really good at Dunning Krugering myself into impostor syndrome.
because you are subconsciously anthropomorphizing it
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So, on a relatively thin strip of land between LAX and Dockweiler Beach here in Los Angeles, there's a nature preserve. The area used to be a planned community called Surfridge but it was abandoned as the airport grew and the jet age began, and the city eventually used eminent domain to reclaim the whole strip. It's largely known for hosting one of 3 known colonies of the endangered El Segundo Blue butterfly, but researchers recently discovered at least 10 burrowing owls there and I just think that's neat! There's even an active breeding pair with a nest!
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https://gizmodo.com/space-rock-hits-cuba-1832275931
Jerk deserved it for eating all the pie and not leaving any for Present Jedoc.
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Nah, continuity of self continues past the point where we forget things in any normal sense. If you were only your memories, then you'd be in a constant state of dying every few seconds as you forget memories and events as you experience them or as they degrade.
You could copy my memories entirely into a machine, and I would still not be the one who wakes up as a computer, rather it would be a simulacrum of me that awakes. If you then killed my body, then I would be dead, and the simulacrum of me would be left in the machine.
To an external viewer, we may seem the same, but I do not see through its eyes, and it does not see through mine. At the point at which the simulacrum is created, time's arrow begins for it and immediately diverges from my continuity of self to become a new entity.
Continuity of Self is beyond memories, it is waking and recognizing that I am I and am not you.
I've actually thought on this enough that I've developed a name for my simulacrum if it comes to pass. Sort of like if you're paranoid and come up with something to identify yourself if you time travel and need to meet your past self.
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Y'all I'm incredibly sad, what a good robot
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Never mind, I remembered Google exists. I didn't realise they only originally expected it to operate for 90 days. 15 years is impressive.
You mean the one where Opportunity goes rogue?
I suspect this one:
https://xkcd.com/695/
15 years on an operational life cycle of 90 days makes it almost certainly the single greatest success in NASA history
Not to discount Opportunity's importance,
but NASA has some of the greatest successes in human history, of which the Mars rovers are just one.
Post the new one, instead:
https://xkcd.com/2111/
Thank you, Oppy.
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Ah man I got a dust devil in my eyes
Combine that with NASA's detailed Mars map to get a sense of scale for how much of mars it actually explored.
Finally, follow up with this recounting of the journey from NASA JPL by the people who worked mission control:
because you are subconsciously anthropomorphizing it
Shut up, R2D2 is real and he's my friend!
a combination of the anthropomorphizing and the depression yeah
Hey, here's a question nobody's asking: how come those maps of "Mars" have a Google Earth logo in the corner?
Wake up, sheeple.
Because it's broadcasting from the future of course.
Say hello to Kansas in the year 2045!
https://blog.frontiersin.org/2019/02/22/squid-ring-teeth-proteins-green-plastic-alternative/
Better news! We can produce the protein in the lab and don't have to kill any squid!
That's just silly. How would you keep them alive?
@moriveth How do you feel about this development, as a regular human father?
wow this feels like it might be to plastics what plastic was to glass
I assume these modified squid are a type of undying eldritch horror.