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News Briefs 11-03-2008

Filling in for Jameske at the last minute, so excuse the lateness of posting. We start with teh pwnage:

Thanks Nick and Marcus.

Quote of the Day:

Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change it. Well, I’m Bob and I’m an unreasonable person.

Bob Geldof

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  1. 42
    My analysis: 6*7=42

    6 = degrees of freedom in a target 3-space locale.

    7 = degrees of freedom in a starting 3-space locale, plus the vector in space-time to make the trip.

    The vector can actually be attached to either (coming or going), but not both simultaneously. To do so violates relativity (ie. simultaneity being based on observer location.

    The question then is “How do I get from here to there?” and applies to space and/or time. Degrees of freedom is used due to the uncertainty principle; you can’t know the exact location along any particular axis with absolute certainty, particularly since the equation in play incorporates a vector (movement, ie. velocity).

    The question and answer are universal: it applies to moving through time, which is essentially just existence, but includes the fact that we make decisions that influence the paths we take (different possible vectors).

    As I often tell my wife, and all 3 children who are also scientists, a scientist doesn’t have to be right. They just have to be able to make up answers that are so good that they might as well be. Lest that be taken as cynicism or humor, keep in mind we know we’re never right, because it is the nature of science to continue evolving itself. Thus, this may not be Adams’ solution, but it’s a perfectly workable result starting from his “answer”.

    No, I am not the brain specialist…..
    YES. Yes I AM the brain specialist.

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