"There is a certain kind of modern book which must, if possible, be destroyed. It ought to be blown to pieces with the dynamite... it must be patiently hacked into pieces... The kind of book I mean is the pseudo-scientific book... I do not mean that the man who writes it is a conscious quack or that he knows nothing; I mean that he proves nothing; he simply gives you all his cocksure, and yet shaky, modern opinions and calls it science. Books are coming out with so-called scientific conclusions—books in which there is actually no scientific argument at all. They simply affirm all the notions that happen to be fashionable in loose “intellectual” clubs, and call them the conclusions of research... Science says that man has no conscience. Science says that man and woman must have the same political powers. Science says that sterile unions are morally free... “Science” does not say these things at all, for numbers of great scientists say exactly the opposite..." (Chesterton, 1920)

** ALERT ** RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WARFARE AIR BASE POSS. BEEN ATTACKED DEEP IN RUSSIA BY A BARRAGE OF SOME KIND OF CRUISE MISSILE, Engels Энгельс, Saratov Oblast, Russia. Dozen Bomber Seen On Hardstands Recently Near Massive Blasts. Ukraine Recently Tested Own New System w/ 1000m Range

👤 AwareMap

Yes they ARE that evil. Grant Google Maps location data rights and you grant it to the entire Google ecosystem.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/02/google-maps-location-privacy

Interesting take...

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/kanye-proved-on-alex-jones-show-that-ww2-history-is-trauma-based-indoctrination/

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ To Remove Term ‘Race’ From Game Lexicon Due To Its “Prejudiced Links Between Real World And Fantasy Peoples” https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/12/01/dungeons-dragons-to-remove-term-race-from-game-lexicon-due-to-its-prejudiced-links-between-real-world-and-fantasy-peoples/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/never-before-seen-malware-is-nuking-data-in-russias-courts-and-mayors-offices/

Interesting. Reads like NSA's Tailored Access Operations.

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🇷🇺 Satellite imagery of the Engels air base shows no damage. There are no craters, large scorch marks, or traces of the burning of the fuel.

Actor Ingo Rademacher who starred in " General Hospital " and who is getting a award from RFKJr's "Children's Health Foundation " for his refusal to take the Covid-19 Jab joins me in the StoneZONE at 5 Eastern at StoneZONE.Live TODAY

🇷🇺🇺🇦 US secretly modified HIMARS MLRS to prevent Kiev from shelling Russia - WSJ

The United States has secretly modified HIMARS missile launchers handed over to Ukraine so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not strike at the territory of the Russian Federation, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials. Since June, Washington has donated 20 HIMARS launchers to Ukraine, as well as a large number of satellite-guided missiles with a range of about 50 miles (about 80 km).

I think it is important to note that only one of the aircraft appears to have been damaged.
The MoD indicated light damage to two aircraft, judging by the photos, this is the aircraft that received the most damage, which is really not that significant, the other aircraft will have only minor damage.

💉 Robert Clancy, Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the University of Newcastle Medical School (Twitter)

Clancy is member of Australian Academy of Science’s COVID-19.

Article in English and German (Prof. Radbruch)

What happened to “do no harm?”

https://nationalfile.com/duke-university-refuses-kidney-transplant-to-dying-girl-for-refusing-covid-vaccine/

BREAKING: Kirstie Alley has passed away.

https://twitter.com/kirstiealley/status/1599931870786908160

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I'm impressed at ChatGPT's ability to generate responses based on regurgitating Wikipedia level facts, but its physical reasoning ability is limited. Here's a discussion I had with it about measuring the circumference of the Earth.

Did Eratosthenes' measurement of the shadows cast at different latitudes accurately measure the circumference of the Earth? [Yes].

Eratosthenes is famous for accurately measuring the circumference of the Earth using a simple method involving the measurement of shadows cast at different latitudes. His method involved measuring the angle of a shadow cast by a vertical rod at two different locations, one of which was known to be on the Tropic of Cancer and the other of which was Alexandria. By using the difference in the angles of the shadows and the distance between the two locations, he was able to calculate the circumference of the Earth to a high degree of accuracy.
[This is true and accurate].

But couldn't the same data be used to measure the distance to the sun under the assumption of a flat earth? [Yes it could].

Eratosthenes' method of measuring the circumference of the Earth would not be applicable for measuring the distance to the Sun under the assumption of a flat Earth. This is because the method he used relies on the Earth being a sphere, with the angles of the shadows being caused by the curvature of the Earth. [That was his assumption; his method doesn't require it, though]. In a flat Earth model, the angles of the shadows would not be related to the curvature of the Earth, and so Eratosthenes' method would not produce accurate results. Additionally, the distance to the Sun is much greater than the circumference of the Earth, so even if his method could be applied in a flat Earth model, it would not be able to provide accurate results for such a long distance.
[I'd quibble on the wording, but not bad. Accurate, but kinda missing the point].

If Eratosthene's method relies on the a priori assumption that the Earth is spherical, can its result be used as evidence that the earth is spherical? [No].