MattRealised the #Playdate cover has a big old magnet on the back of it š§² so can store the console in the most unlikely places, like just having it stuck on the wall š¤·
C.I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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SPQRThe never-ending cult of victimization and faux-colonialist grievances.
"St-Pierre Plamondon sharply criticized Carney on Friday, accusing him of being part of a ālong tradition of colonialismā dating back to Lord Durham. āThis tradition is one of falsifying facts and history and constantly feeding us lies through federal institutions,ā he said. āWe will break with British colonialism and create our own country.ā"
#Canada #Quebec #politics #separatists #PQ #cranks
https://www.thestar.com/politics/pq-leader-paul-st-pierre-plamondon-says-qc-referendum-campaign-is-already-underway/article_1f021897-1e35-572c-9d96-3d630c673874.html
Lazarou Monkey Terror ššš"Weird Rich Man Is Weird"
When does he start drinking colloidal silver?
#RFKJr #Autism #Cranks #AntiVaxx #Eugenics #Circumcision #Tylenol
Marc AbrahamsWhat happens to an organization when a few cranks get to make all the decisions? The entire USA is now doing that experiment. (Now, the entire USA *Is* that experiment.) https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-6-2025 #Cranks #Experiment #Management
October 6, 2025
If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administrationās deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought is running the administrationās approach to the government shutdown.
30YrdScreamerThere's a load of people on YouTube saying that the Rapture is definitely happening tomorrow. They look really trustworthy too so it must be.
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Lawyers who have no scientific background or skill set in research, would like you to know that the High Priests know more than scientists about science.
"The justices sided with the Trump administration, which argued that the research was unscientific, did not improve health, provided little return on investment, and went against the presidentās efforts to root out initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)."
#fascism #authoritarianism #cranks #fools https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-grants-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump/
Matthew ConroyA curious thing about being a mathematics person is that I (and lots of others) get unsolicited emails from people who believe they have solved some very difficult problem but have nobody to discuss or share it with, and they ask for my help, either in suggesting what they should do with their work or in actually giving feedback about. I never reply to these emails, because it is always the case that the writers seem quite delusional, so, frankly, I don't know what I would say to them.
Today, I got an email with this sentence: "I believe and have the basics of proof that 1,2 and 3 explain gravity and
the fundamental building blocks to our perceived 3 dimensional universe." Yes, they mean the integers, 1, 2, and 3.
The person sounds sincere: they even share some personal information (their age and where they live). But this claim is so outlandish, how could one possibly reply with anything useful and without prompting more difficult emails? I imagine that they may have sent this same email to many people. Maybe someone else will have a better idea of what to say (and, anyway, I don't know the first thing about gravity, really, and only a few things about 1, 2, and 3...)
It makes me feel bad that there are people so delusional. I was talking to my therapist about how problem-solving is so tied up with my sense of self-worth that I even use it as a coping mechanism: when I feel bad (anxious, scared), I often intentionally set a problem for myself to solve. It helps! So I can appreciate that thinking one has "explained gravity" could make one feel at least a little better about oneself.
Have you ever replied to such an email?
Howard Smith MD, AMwoom branded bicycle models OFF 5, OFF AIR 5, OFF 6, OFF AIR 6, and ORIGINAL 6 have cranks that suffer metal fatigue fractures leading to loss of control, crashes, and injuries to riders and bystanders. #woom #bikes #cranks #fatigue #fracture #injury #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCh6sayvaWX/
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Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "Woom Bikes Have Defective Cranks woom Bikes USA is recalling the following woom bicycle models: OFF 5, OFF AIR 5, OFF 6, OFF AIR 6, and ORIGINAL 6. The cranks on these bikes tend to suffer metal fatigue fractures leading to loss of control, crashes, and injuries to riders and bystanders. About 2500 bikes were sold at woom.com. Stop riding these bike. Go online and s the online crank checker tool at woom.com to determine if your bike is part of these recall. If so, you will receive a free replacement crank with a free install at you local bike store. For more information, contact woom Bikes USA at 1-t 855-966-6872,or email the company at [email protected]. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/woom-Bikes-USA-Recalls-Childrens-OFF-OFF-AIR-and-ORIGINAL-6-Bicycles-Due-to-Fall-and-Crash-Hazards #woom #bikes #cranks #fatigue #fracture #injury #recall"
0 likes, 0 comments - drhowardsmithreports on November 18, 2024: "Woom Bikes Have Defective Cranks woom Bikes USA is recalling the following woom bicycle models: OFF 5, OFF AIR 5, OFF 6, OFF AIR 6, and ORIGINAL 6. The cranks on these bikes tend to suffer metal fatigue fractures leading to loss of control, crashes, and injuries to riders and bystanders. About 2500 bikes were sold at woom.com. Stop riding these bike. Go online and s the online crank checker tool at woom.com to determine if your bike is part of these recall. If so, you will receive a free replacement crank with a free install at you local bike store. For more information, contact woom Bikes USA at 1-t 855-966-6872,or email the company at [email protected]. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/woom-Bikes-USA-Recalls-Childrens-OFF-OFF-AIR-and-ORIGINAL-6-Bicycles-Due-to-Fall-and-Crash-Hazards #woom #bikes #cranks #fatigue #fracture #injury #recall".
Daniel DvorkinGood look at a bad problem. The author is a friend from grad schol at the #University of #Colorado, where she was a faculty member when I was a grad student. Sheās since gone on to bigger and better things, and Iāve gone on to ā¦ well, things.
Anyway. Iāve never been particularly worried about #Cylons, #Skynet, etc. Humans doing stupid human tricks, and using #AI to do them much faster, OTOH, yeah.
The internet community of anti-science #cranks is an example of #model #collapse happening at human speed. #Antivaxers, #creationists, #climate change #deniers et al. prey on people with legitimate questions about some particular aspect of the broad #consensus. Those people often go down an increasingly loony rabbit hole, and end up propagating the absurdity, sometimes adding their own bizarre spin which their new-found colleagues happily add to the ideology.
If this becomes part of the #academic ecosystem, with AI reviewers approving AI-generated #papers and no human checks on the process, the scholarly corpus will become hopelessly contaminated. I have no idea what to do about that.
