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Philosophy & Science / Re: Spacetime Geometry may "falsify" locality?
« on: September 23, 2013, 12:22:34 pm »
Indeed; even though this is just a different perspective of concepts we already take for granted, it does simplify things (a lot!), which makes it a promising lead in our hunt for a quantum theory that plays nice with general relativity.

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Philosophy & Science / Re: Spacetime Geometry may "falsify" locality?
« on: September 23, 2013, 02:45:56 am »
Quote from: Kellais on September 22, 2013, 10:39:01 pm
Heh, serves me right for assuming things  :-X But i have the excuse of not enough sleep in the last couple of days  ;D Now it makes more sense.

A lot of readers definitely took the same message away from these articles, so I don't think it's too big a misstep on your part. Heck, I have a degree in physics and I needed some other opinions before I started to understand what was being asserted here.

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Philosophy & Science / Re: Spacetime Geometry may "falsify" locality?
« on: September 22, 2013, 10:04:57 pm »
Quote from: Kellais on September 22, 2013, 12:22:47 pm
This is why i love Physics and Math  8)

Fascinating.

Although as someone who is not that versed in physics, i'm not sure if understand this properly  ;D
As a mathematician, i am more than baffled at the idea that somehow there is a "space" where probabilities can sum up to a value greater than 1...it's just ... wrong  :o How can something add up to more than "absolut certainty"?!

From what I can gather (reading comments on various websites discussing this), this model doesn't propose probabilities for quantum systems adding up to something other than 100%, but, rather, that instead of assuming unitarity (probabilities adding up to 100%) for quantum systems a priori, this model results in unitarity as a consequence.

For reference, I was looking through comments on this article: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20130917-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/

posted on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonsfoundation.org%2Fquanta%2F20130917-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics%2F

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The Forum of Interesting Things / Re: Sciborg's Indie Game Thread
« on: September 19, 2013, 11:35:56 am »
Though old according to the breakneck pace of the modern indie game industry, I really enjoyed Cave Story: http://www.cavestory.org/downloads_game.php

It's a platformer/shooter (think Metroid) made by the one-man operation Studio Pixel. The game caught on and there have been several Nintendo releases, but I enjoy the music and charming translation of the original, linked above.

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Philosophy & Science / Re: Official consumable substance of the Semantic Apocalypse?
« on: September 10, 2013, 11:46:54 am »
Are you sustaining yourself exclusively on a variety of Soylent at this point? Do you find that there are any disadvantages to a permanent, all-liquid diet? It sounds like the nutrients are all there, but I imagine it would wreak havoc in certain respects physiologically.

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General Earwa / Re: The road to Shimeh
« on: September 08, 2013, 09:14:48 pm »
Perhaps try to put distances and travel time at each step? It would be interesting to finally estimate some sense of scale on a map of Earwa.

Also, what if my method of travel is Cants of Transposition  ;)

As an aside, is this where you found the original? http://forum.frontrowcrew.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5893/prince-of-nothing-on-the-go/p1

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General Earwa / Re: Kellhus vs. ...
« on: September 02, 2013, 06:42:45 pm »
Quote from: Francis Buck on September 02, 2013, 06:04:15 pm
"You call those little things haloes?"

I laughed ;D

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General Earwa / Re: Kellhus vs. ...
« on: September 02, 2013, 05:59:11 pm »
Quote from: Madness on September 02, 2013, 02:28:30 pm
Kellhus vs. Master Chief

We'll have to see how gnostic cants fare against any Tekne energy-shield technology. I wonder what witty one-liner Master Chief would use if he were to win against Kellhus.

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News/Announcements / Re: Forum Ranks
« on: August 31, 2013, 01:47:25 pm »
Quote from: Madness on August 31, 2013, 01:04:43 pm
The Ban Hammer

Or "Battlemaster"  :D

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General Earwa / Re: 144,000
« on: August 29, 2013, 11:18:15 am »
Quote from: Wilshire on August 28, 2013, 07:12:01 pm
Quote from: Meyna on August 28, 2013, 05:46:14 pm
"And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000
A nice reference to the number 144,000 and the concept of redemption/damnation in our earthly holy prophesies. Though I don't know why Bakker would integrate this into his story, I can't imagine this reference was lost on him.

There are plenty of half obscured references to be had for those willing to look. I find them interesting.

Likewise. And, if nothing else, I like to be aware of any reaching on my part. 144,000 just seems like an odd number for Bakker to use. True, though, the 12 tribes of Israel, who each contribute 12,000 to this 144,000 (Revelation loves numerology), are very well established in the text, contrary to any "12 tribes of Earwa" that would be needed to fully support this concept as a nod to the Bible.

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General Earwa / Re: 144,000
« on: August 28, 2013, 05:46:14 pm »
"And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. For it is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless."

-Revelation 14:3–5 (ESV)

A nice reference to the number 144,000 and the concept of redemption/damnation in our earthly holy prophesies. Though I don't know why Bakker would integrate this into his story, I can't imagine this reference was lost on him.

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General Earwa / Re: Pronunciation
« on: August 22, 2013, 12:31:58 am »
Quote from: Madness on August 21, 2013, 04:33:29 pm
Like Skillvendi?

Precisely!

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General Earwa / Re: Pronunciation
« on: August 20, 2013, 11:07:17 am »
I personally use a hard "c" for Achamian, Scylvendi, and Cujara, and a soft "c" for Inchoroi, Cishaurim, and Cinmoi. It's hard to tell which is proper, unless the language trees in the back of the books offer any insight (and I don't think they do).

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General Earwa / Re: Pronunciation
« on: August 19, 2013, 02:04:07 am »
Quote from: Madness on August 18, 2013, 03:17:08 pm
I've always gone soft C with an audible hiss ;). For the snakes, you know.

Ah, of course!

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General Earwa / Re: Pronunciation
« on: August 17, 2013, 08:30:13 pm »
keess-HOW-reem, I think. Though, in this case, I lean towards something like yours, Wilshire. That or sih-shah-rim.

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