RealKerbal3x Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) The present is a human construct. From the universe's perspective, every point in time has already happened, is happening, and will happen, simultaneously. Edited December 30, 2019 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: The present is a human construct. From the universe's perspective, every point in time has already happened, is happening, and will happen, simultaneously. Determinism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Just limited one. The true determinism is when you understand that the "time" is just another part of the universe, so nothing can "happen", or be in "future", "past", or "present". Everything just is. Edited December 30, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 7 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: The present is a human construct. From the universe's perspective, every point in time has already happened, is happening, and will happen, simultaneously. On a similar note: Slaughterhouse Five could be how Billy copes with his war experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) What actually raises another question. As the "experience" is the state of the subject at the "end" of an educational timeline, why wait for that when you can relocate yourself to the already experienced point, and get everything at once. Edited December 31, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBitMore Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm too confused at all this talk about confusing time travel things (I'd have to sit down and think on it for an hour to gain concept of it), so can we try conversing about a topic a bit easier to perceive? Like, for example, I was born at an incredibly young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 47 minutes ago, LittleBitMore said: I was born at an incredibly young age. Yeah, all of us. T+1s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 12/31/2019 at 4:25 AM, kerbiloid said: Yeah, all of us. T+1s. Premature births would be a T- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Aperture Science said: Premature births would be a T- Age is dated by definition from the moment of birth (premature or not). T0 in every case. Edited January 2, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 There are some really intriguing experiments involving something dubbed quantum retrocausality when examining the particle/wave duality of photons. If anyone is interested in challenging their concept of space time and entropy I recommend watching some talks about those experiments. It’s really mind bending stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Spaceman, remember! Keep the things on the deck properly attached and secured. An RTG flushed off into the extraterrestrial ocean may cause an unexpected life evolution when the local amoebas gather around for warmth. P.S. "Black smokers", that's how we call the RTG lost in sea 4 bln years ago. Edited January 4, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 How to use the Javelin anti-tank missile properly. Spoiler 1. Bring. 2. Use. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 41 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: How to use the Javelin anti-tank missile properly. Hide contents 1. Bring. 2. Use. Hide contents LOL. The look on the NCOs face when the soldier uses a $250,000 missile as a battering ram: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Poetry is just idea compression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I've been re-reading The Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan. It's only been about ten years since the last time I read it. The introduction and the first few chapters still sound quite pessimistic and melancholy towards the progress of space exploration. As I was waiting for the VA to draw blood for the quarterly blood tests they like to run, I couldn't help but to think about how relevant his book is now - at our time in human civilization. Say what you will, once man walked on the moon, it seemed that the global interest in space became a collective Meh, we've been there now. Nothing to see, might as well go home... If we consider what was written in the science fiction of the era (1950s through the 1970s), why was it that mankind turned away from the promise of space exploration and colonization? Since the 1950s, nearly every astronomer around the world has been warning about how humanity is but one meteor strike away from extinction. There were movies, television shows, and tons of sci-fi novels written which not only demonstrated the potential for man to live beyond the Earth but the practicality of such expansion. Humankind desires the thrills and challenges of exploration. Our own ancestors testify to this. Even before the "ancient" world of the Egyptians, Persians, Etruscans, and Chinese, mankind was moving across the surface of the Earth, seeking better lands that offered better foraging, better hunting, and other resources to support existence. As an historian, I am fascinated by the Age of Discovery (1200-1695 CE). Driven by a variety of factors, men and women from China, from the European kingdoms, and even from the various tribes in the "New World" became restless. It truly became a time when humankind reached out beyond their areas of comfort to discover something new. Not all of it was good but at the same time, not all of it was bad. It simply was. Now, the human spirit is again growing restless. I think this is one of the reasons why movies such as The Martian, Interstellar, and others did so well at the box office. They captured the public's imagination and stirred the embers of the final frontier - space. Humankind wants and needs space exploration and settlement. Humanity craves expansion into space. And if humanity will survive, it must expand into space. I look forward to a time when humankind can turn from senseless wars among ourselves and use our collective resources, knowledge, and spirit of exploration and truly become a species which lives among the stars. It will have to be a global effort for no one nation could ever afford to do it alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 41 minutes ago, adsii1970 said: Now, the human spirit is again growing restless. I think this is one of the reasons why movies such as The Martian, Interstellar, and others did so well at the box office. They captured the public's imagination and stirred the embers of the final frontier - space. Humankind wants and needs space exploration and settlement. Humanity craves expansion into space. And if humanity will survive, it must expand into space. When I look up at the stars, I feel at home with them. When I see the craters and valleys of the Moon and Mars, I think - That is a place where I could go some day. When I see people strapping themselves into rockets and being launched into the unknown, I think - I have to do that. A lot of people are excited about space. We just have to keep that excitement strong - which may be a bigger challenge than we'd like...but as the launch cadence increases and the next heavy lift rockets begin flight, humanity will begin to take notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Nerd Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 3:05 AM, cubinator said: When I look up at the stars, I feel at home with them. When I see the craters and valleys of the Moon and Mars, I think - That is a place where I could go some day. When I see people strapping themselves into rockets and being launched into the unknown, I think - I have to do that. Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 It's snowing here. Fine snow, giving a light covering on the ground. It's snowing someplace else, too. Near one of those stars up there in the sky. Someplace with air, water, ice. Snow falling through the clouds, onto the hills. Snow in the night, maybe illuminated by a moon or a bright star. Just like here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 SSBN can launch SLBM at ~2..4 launch per minute rate. Spoiler That's because they need to wait until the previous missile leaves the physics range, to prevent the overload of the reality. We live in Matrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
έķ νίĻĻάίή Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 9 hours ago, kerbiloid said: We live in Matrix. I think everyone has had that thought at some point. Do we live in the Matrix? Is life a lie?? Are you a robot??? ARE YOU STAR THEORY???? ARE YOU REAL????? AM I REAL????? IS THIS WORLD REAL?????? IS KSP REAL??????? ARE WE ALIENS???????? Actually tho do we live in the Matrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 minute ago, έķ νίĻĻάίή said: ARE WE ALIENS???????? It's even worse. We are configs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
έķ νίĻĻάίή Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: It's even worse. We are configs. AAAAAAAAAAAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
έķ νίĻĻάίή Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Spoiler Also, I can promise that search up anything related to rockets, go to pictures, and there will be at least one picture that comes from the Ksp forum, or a ksp mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: It's even worse. We are configs. Turtles, all the way down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (I've read in wiki) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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