You know what else you can thank caffeine for - a little thing called the Enlightenment
Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords.Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.
From A Song of Ice and Fire.
Jorge Cham of PhD Comics conducted an interview with physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng, then set the audio of the interview to this amazing video comic type thing. Can't really do it justice - you need to go and watch this thing. Watch it and be inspired and amazed.
Let's look at what the universe is made out of, like a pie chart. 5% of it - stuff we know. 20% - dark matter. 75% of it - we have no idea.
That's a lot of stuff.
Too many people think "Yeah scientists mostly have it figured out. They're down studying the details of the details of the details." But we have no idea! We're only now, by looking at the details, realizing what the questions we should be asking are.
When I obtained an undergrad degree in Physics during the first Earth age, that was certainly the prevailing sentiment. I think perhaps it was due to Physics grad students being a very, very depressed lot.
In the vid, Whiteson and Feng discuss the state of modern particle physics, what is really known about the universe, and most significantly the vast uncharted future.
Check it out at PhD Comics here
Dont miss it.
Gaming's ongoing push into the mainstream consciousness has entered a bold new phase – by appealing to the players' intelligence and imagination, it's starting to make Hollywood look embarrassing.
The new material has been described by the band as "good."
Read the release on Blabbermouth!
Q. Where do you want to be during a zombie apocalypse? A. I don't think it really matters where you are since there are going to be dead people everywhere so I guess I'd say Seattle. I've always wanted to see Seattle.
Q. So here we are. What should we do? A. We should seek the greatest value of our action.
The biggest news from CES this year, captured by Asymco:
These actions confirm the end of the PC era.
full post here. Don't miss it.
Via Daring Fireball.
From a comment thread over on Reddit:Check out the post here.
You think you know the situation. It's more complex than you think it is.