No, a lack of evidence for determinism is a lack of evidence for determinism.

Awesome. There’s some good, independent journalism coming from India, too.

Would you want to post in English as well as Indian languages? If so, which ones?

Occasionally I add explanations for words/terms North Americans may not understand, but that’s not necessary.

Ever heard the phrase 1+1=3 for high values of 1? Equations “work” because numbers are abstract representations of value we assign.

We observe particles and forms of radiation we can’t explain the origins of or name literally everywhere we look, which is an infinitesimally, incomprehensibly small mote of the universe.

Never.

I help mod a buddy’s homebrew uncensored AI chatbots. Can’t look away for five minutes or else someone tries to make something despicable.

It’s a Valentine’s day tragedy.

Can I use my clit or do I have to find a dude?

It’s true that it wouldn’t make sense for some countries. I’m thinking more like: South Africa, Indonesia, Phillipines, and Japan, for examples. Countries we don’t see as often in the north western media, especially in North America. The UK is lucky to have the Guardian and BBC covering major news, too, so they’re a special case.

I’m opposed to a bot only because I like to read everything I post, and I tend to select things I don’t see covered on my front page - or at least not from the perspective of the article I post. Though, I would be trusting other people to have read the articles they post if we cross-posted manually anyway. It’s something to think about. I get that may be too big of an ask and hard to prove.

Media Pluralism covers my intent, to some extent, meaning diversity is one of the goals. I put that in the sidebar of my communities, but could make it more prominent with an explanation. If a guardian article has been posted to one or more major communities, I don’t need to post it in mine, kinda thing.

Other than that, I don’t want to micromanage what’s considered independent if I don’t need to. I get that other community mods won’t have the exact same ideals as I do.

It’s odd to believe the universe is deterministic when physics experiments have observed particles that exist outside causality. Even the double slit experiment goes against causality, uncertainty goes against causality, even current particle experiments can’t prove deterministic causality. The prevailing scientific and philosophical findings are that universal, deterministic causality can’t be proved any more than the existence of god.

All good. You have a good weekend.

I’m on the fence about that because I’m sure they do work that should be paid. On the other hand, it’s not free.

I edited my post to include the link, it has a few resources for community grants and building plans.

I’d start with Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science. You sound like you’ve probably read A Brief History of Time - but there are edits in later editions and we’ve learned more since Hawking’s death.

Then: Rethinking Causality in Quantum Mechanics. And: Nothing, put out by New Scientist in 2013 — pretty cool, but doesn’t really deal with causality. I just liked that one.

Anyway, you’re arguing in favor of a deterministic universe, but as far as I know with my (limited) understanding, that’s more of a philosophical question that can’t be proved or disproved. We lack the ability to track every particle to its origin, and the inverse is a negative — and you can’t prove something doesn’t happen, only it’s likelihood.

Yes, I know. Why don’t you point out where I circle-jerked? I think you’re not linking to my comments directly because two users engaged me on a comment unrelated to you, and I was dismissive.

I’m bad at it, I just love alphabets, symbolism, and the way we extract meaning from visual representation — like with semaphore, sign language, math symbols and greek letters, for examples.

How many new words did you learn this week?

Way to hog the cure for death, god.

Great link, thank you!

Yes! This is exactly the kind of post I needed today. Let’s bring back tunnelling.

I have an Ouroboros on my back because Dana Scully is my hero.

How many different alphabets or logographies do you know?

Would you like to read a book? I could recommend several.

Um, no? You’re not that important, my friend.