Science

[Seeker]

I like science. I like what science has given us and continues to give us. Science is under attack though, maybe because it's telling us things we don't want to hear (eg global warming) or maybe it's because scientists investigate things that appear ludicrous.

As an example, I bet you didn't know what causes the sound of a dripping tap.

Now you do...
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-tapand.html

In their defense, curiousity is what science is all about and it often leads to breakthroughs in unrelated fields (although even I struggle to think how this particular knowledge could help).

(I still like science)

[Tom_the_great]

I enjoy reading this sort of thing, Science is awesome.

Thanks for posting.

[ophic]

Science is rubbish - they still can't answer the simplest questions.

Such as which is the fastest colour? :rolleyes:

[Talking Heads]

Science is rubbish - they still can't answer the simplest questions.

Such as which is the fastest colour? :rolleyes:


Very obviously its white.
The fastest vehicles built to convey humans have always been white.


Science is a misnomer.
All scientists ever do is discover how much they don't (and will never) know.
Just ask them to explain how gravity works.
They can't.
They can merely describe the effects of gravity.
Anyway, you don't need to be a scientific genius to know that apples are for pies... :lol:



I usually keep two small pebbles, one in each jacket pocket.
They are different colours and patterns.
One is striped, the other spotted.
They were found lying beside each other on a beach.
I often get them out and look at them and wonder how they came to be so different in appearance yet beside each other on a beach.
And I absolutely do not ever want to hear any explanation as to why, because that would remove the wonder.


Far better to wonder at nature's majesty than to tear it apart trying to understand how it works.


I'm just away to play me bongos...

[Talking Heads]

I bet you didn't know what causes the sound of a dripping tap.


Couldn't give a flying f___


More useful to know how to fix it.


Plumber 1, Scientist 0




My dad has this quote in a frame on the back of his lavvy door:



"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water".
John W. Gardner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Gardner)

Edit: I'm definitely away to play me bongos now...

[keith_d]

Science is rubbish - they still can't answer the simplest questions.

Such as which is the fastest colour? :rolleyes:

In vacuum all the colours are equally fast, but in air red is slightly faster.

The calculation of wavelength dependent dispersion in a medium of refractive index 1.0003 is left as an exercise for the reader. For the advanced student derivation of the wavelength dependent refractive index of air should provide an interesting challenge.


For the rest of us, the colour doesn't matter - pointy is faster.

[ophic]

For the rest of us, the colour doesn't matter - pointy is faster.
Cobblers. Silver pointies are fastest :cool:

[ethariel]

Very obviously its white.
The fastest vehicles built to convey humans have always been white.




Sorry, all I can say is sr-51 Blackbird.

It's BLACK so Black is the fastest powered colour :)

(No counting re-entry shuttle or capsule as that's a falling brick) :smt003

[andrewsmith]

Sorry, all I can say is sr-51 Blackbird.

It's BLACK so Black is the fastest powered colour :)

(No counting re-entry shuttle or capsule as that's a falling brick) :smt003Sorry brown is

The heavy duty dose of adrenaline before it all goes wrong is testament to that.
Or the world's hottest curry...

Now your clothing at that present moment is the fastest colour

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[keith_d]

Sorry, all I can say is sr-51 Blackbird.



Was that a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird?? Shame there aren't any more of them flying. I was at an air show where one did a low pass on full afterburner - incredible.

BTW, the orbital speed of the ISS is about 4.75 miles per second, or 17000mph. So the fastest colour is white.

[ophic]

BTW, the orbital speed of the ISS is about 4.75 miles per second, or 17000mph. So the fastest colour is white.
It's only white on the outside. It's all silver underneath :smt045

[keith_d]

I've just found that we made something that goes even faster, though it took a gravitational slingshot around Saturn to get it up to speed.

Voyager 1 is currently heading into the outer reaches of our solar system at 38,800mph. So the fastest colour is gold.

[ophic]

Voyager 1 is currently heading into the outer reaches of our solar system at 38,800mph. So the fastest colour is gold.
Arguably, as no light really gets out there, it's black :thumleft:

[Talking Heads]

I've just found that we made something that goes even faster, though it took a gravitational slingshot around Saturn to get it up to speed.

Voyager 1 is currently heading into the outer reaches of our solar system at 38,800mph. So the fastest colour is gold.


Aye, but it has no crew therefore not a proper vehicle.

[ophic]

Aye, but it has no crew therefore not a proper vehicle.
This misses the point.

No-one can see it. Therefore it doesn't matter how fast the colour is.

[Talking Heads]

If no-one can see it, it doesn't exist...:smt102


Where's me bongos...? :smt033

[SV650rules]

If no-one can see it, it doesn't exist...:smt102


Where's me bongos...? :smt033

We have gone from science to philosophy now ' if it cannot be seen does it exist' - discuss....

And philosophy is where there are no right or wrong answers because your opinion is as valid as anyone else's.

[Talking Heads]

Science is philosophy


And its all ********

[ophic]

No, philosophy is science :)

[daktulos]

Speed is relative ...

[Talking Heads]

....he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy....

[Bibio]

the problem with science is scientists. they spend their life theorising the possibility, write a paper on a subject then are proven wrong.

or in the case of Einstein who theorised the existence of things and was told he was wrong when all along he was right.

all science is theory until its proven.

[Talking Heads]

all science is theory until its proven.


Then someone comes along finds out something new and it becomes unproven and on it goes.

[ophic]

all science is theory until its proven.
Not quite right.

Nothing is ever proven to be "the way it is".

All scientists do is come up with theoretical models that help or enable us to predict results. Most of these only work under specific (and well published) circumstances.

Later research often improves on these models to broaden the circumstances in which they apply. It doesn't make the older model wrong, it just makes it obsolete. Great examples - Newtonian vs Einsteinian physics, or classical vs quantum mechanics.

Older models are often still kept because they're a lot simpler to work with. It's why you don't bother equating the speed of light into terrestrial speed & distance calculations, or quantum wave functions into circuit design. Usually.

So all that ever proven is that a model or theory works in the prescribed circumstances. That's science for ya.

[ophic]

Oh and don't ever believe what the media reports about "science". The articles usually start with "scientists have proven that..."

It's hardly any wonder that the general public have great misconceptions about it. Most journalists that report on it either don't have a clue or are trying to make an interesting story. Mostly both.

Gets my goat.