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BurnsBA
Jul 11, 2024 13:11
This answer could be improved by including a warning that this is only the naive understanding of infinity that most non-experts and "practical" mathematicians agree with (just as most mathematicians are unconcerned about set theory) Those who study non standard analysis or have further interests in logic should explore an answer with more nuance such as the answer by professional mathematician Mickhail Katz.
 

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BurnsBA
May 30, 2024 10:42
It depends on what you mean by "multiverse" but probably your last paragraph is in reference to e.g. quantamagazine.org/…
 

 Discussion on answer by Dale M: Can a…

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BurnsBA
Nov 22, 2023 03:47
This answer is confusing, in that it argues that to promote owning the home you live in, it's a good idea for someone to buy a house and not live in it as an investment property. Now there's one fewer houses available for people to buy and live in. How does that help?
 

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BurnsBA
May 10, 2023 07:54
I feel like this is a very practical technically correct answer, that sort of misses the question. Is it possible there is a universe very similar to our own, where some kind of deterministic mechanism gives rise to quantum mechanics (or similar effects)?
 

 Discussion on question by MarcoD: Wha…

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BurnsBA
Aug 20, 2022 03:05
Besides the water aspect, stripped screws are discussed in this answer: diy.stackexchange.com/a/10454/152796
 

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BurnsBA
Mar 16, 2020 04:23
"for every few “cranks” that put forward asserted proofs of false theories, we get an innovator who breaks new ground with a correct theory that extends existing knowledge." -- This statement is off by several orders of magnitude. The risk of missing something that "extends existing knowledge" is so low, and personal cost so high, it's generally recommended not to interact with at all, e.g. academia.stackexchange.com/q/111413/70557 . The looks-like-a-crank-but-actually-not is an event that occurs, if being generous, once a decade or so for any given field.
 

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BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:58
Well, I guess there's not much to do: politics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3397/10172
BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:21
maybe I should make a meta post
BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:20
and "Russia did not occupy Georgia."
BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:19
and "There are many things that led to what happened with Ukrain, but said shortly : Russia has not invaded Ukraine, despite what we hear on the news."
BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:19
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A: How true are Trump’s claims about NATO spending?

Snop DoogI wanted to just add a comment, however I do not have the reputation needed, so I am just gonna write an answer. Have in mind I am not going to provide solid facts, however my claims can still will be confirmed one way or another, and I am expressing the notion that not only I, as an European hav...

BurnsBA
Dec 4, 2019 15:18
Is this guy a Russian troll, or just wildly misinformed? -- "Is Europe threatened? Absolutely NO. Europe is not threatened by Russia."
BurnsBA
Oct 25, 2019 13:55
This sentence -- "There is an ongoing transportation revolution, that may in future include driverless cars, and perhaps some habits of left-wing thought will quickly become obsolete in the new environment." -- doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything else in the question politics.stackexchange.com/q/47050/10172
 

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BurnsBA
Nov 11, 2019 14:05
I just registered for the first of three undergrad pre-reqs before I can start a masters in math
BurnsBA
Nov 11, 2019 14:05
alright MO
 

 Discussion on answer by R..: Why did …

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BurnsBA
Oct 30, 2019 21:12
to reiterate the top comment -- "but results about sampling problems do tell you about what you call "CTT" complexity classes." E.g. "if there exists a polynomial-time classical algorithm that samples from the same probability distribution as a linear-optical network, then P#P = BPPNP, and hence the polynomial hierarchy collapses to the third level" scottaaronson.com/papers/optics.pdf
 

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BurnsBA
Oct 30, 2019 15:01
related: skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/43004/…
 

 Discussion on answer by jamesqf: Why …

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tolos
Oct 10, 2019 22:49
@grovkin the IRS are less inclined to look at tax returns for wealthier individuals. There was a number of stories covering this recently, here's one on fox business. So just because the IRS has accepted his returns doesn't mean there isn't fraud. It means nothing is publicly known to be wrong with them.
 

 Discussion on answer by Michael_B: Wh…

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tolos
Sep 24, 2019 20:26
"if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state" Did we read the same report?
 

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tolos
Feb 26, 2019 15:53
Possibly related: Topology and the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
 

 Discussion on answer by Trilarion: Wh…

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tolos
Jan 17, 2019 22:50
The concrete data in the chart are from minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/historical-statistics/… and the iron ore chart is from minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/…
tolos
Jan 17, 2019 22:50
I'm not sure why this answer is showing charts of $ amounts when the question is about finite resources. Concrete, the most widely used material in the world, has seen steadily increased production. Here's a US chart: i.imgur.com/HdBrbvy.png ( from wapo ) . Or consider global iron ore production: i.imgur.com/DN3kUwn.png . Discussing GDP doesn't answer the question.
 

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tolos
Jan 4, 2019 02:13
@Karl CO2 is heavier than air, you don't need any kind of centrifuge to show this: youtu.be/AvpenpBXAmM
 

 Discussion on question by BurnsBA: Ho…

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tolos
Dec 7, 2018 16:34
@BKlassen I'm not sure that's true. I think there are a few different approaches. I've edited my question to sketch a rough outline of some of these.
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 16:33
@Shadowzee This question is about a hypothetical future where such technology is common. It's not about what the world looks like today but a magical (i.e., non-existent) place where people have grown up with accessible video creation software. Imagine the holodeck from star trek. How does that affect political ads when anyone can make a holodeck program about anything? The question isn't about the world today, but this future world. I've further edited my question to highlight this.
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 06:56
@shadowzee my question is saying there not innumerable ways to sabotage someone's career. In fact, my question makes an assumption the valid number is zero. That's what I'm asking, is there something overlooked? And try as i might, I cant find any examples of this technology as I outline in my question. Any suggestions on how I can further edit my question to make this more clear?
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 06:56
@user535733 Yes, that's might point. I edited to clarify though.
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 06:56
@Shadowzee I don't think that's true at all, perhaps there is some misunderstanding, I've edited to clarify
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 06:56
@elemtilas I tried to say that none of those things will happen, perhaps you have a suggestion for how I can clarify that?
tolos
Dec 7, 2018 06:56
@Duckisaduckisaduck I tried to address that in the question, that this technology will be so mundane it will be useless. Perhaps you have a suggestion of how I can clarify?
 

 Discussion on answer by Brythan: Why …

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tolos
Oct 22, 2018 01:18
Might be worth mentioning that the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation is 1/32 Cherokee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_John_Baker
 

 Discussion on answer by Machavity: Wh…

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tolos
Oct 17, 2018 16:19
I didn't downvote, but this is a bad answer because: 1) It doesn't answer op's question 2) it quotes a question from op, and then responds with 4 bullet points not related to the question at all 3) the conclusion about tribal membership vs heritage seems to be answering a question op didn't ask 5) I feel like this entire answer was written just to close by challenging "Warren's credibility" (how exactly??) which also doesn't answer op's question.
 

 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Wh…

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tolos
Sep 30, 2018 16:35
@wildcard "The American Bar Association has called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh so the FBI can investigate the sexual assault accusations against him." via Reuters
tolos
Sep 30, 2018 16:35
Ok, I think this is a good answer, but you might want to reword -- "Also, a success in defeating Justice Kavanaugh establishes a template that Democrats can follow in defeating future nominees to any kind of post who are particularly undesirable." -- This implicitly echos Lindsay Graham's divorced-from-reality argument that democrats are just making up allegations of sexual assault to ruin poor Kavanaugh's life, which I don't think you're saying.
 

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tolos
Sep 9, 2018 19:57
This answer could be improved by: 1) giving dates for when the 415084 pages were released. and 2) Explaining how the ~42,000 pages released the day before hearings began fit in.
 

 Discussion on answer by patstew: Is t…

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tolos
May 2, 2018 03:26
for instance, physics.stackexchange.com/a/70819/133359
tolos
May 2, 2018 03:26
I think this would be a better answer if it discussed what the physical limitations are to bandwidth, signal, and noise.
 

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tolos
Mar 14, 2017 13:21
A book won't tell you what's on the exam.
 

 Discussion on question by tolos: How …

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tolos
Dec 9, 2016 22:34
Ah, good examples. Probably should clarify that anyone in the forbes #10 richest people in the world wasn't the kind of regular citizens I was thinking about when I asked the question.
tolos
Dec 9, 2016 22:34
@DrunkCynic yes, that's exactly why I'm asking this question. I don't know what kind of "better" question to ask instead.