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  • weker01@feddit.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzGeometry
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    4 months ago

    I think the statement “this system is consistent” is a practical statement that is unprovable in a sufficiently powerful consistent system.

    Can you help me understand the tone of your text? To me it sounds kinda hostile as if what you said is some kind of gotcha.


  • weker01@feddit.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzGeometry
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    4 months ago

    It’s very counter intuitive. As the other commenter suggested I was referring to Gödel and his incompleteness theorem.

    Actually if the system you made up doesn’t work it would be possible to prove that it does inside that system as you can prove anything inside a system that doesn’t work.

    That is why my comment is not entirely accurate it should actually be: Until you prove that if the system works you can’t prove that the system works.

    Can you spot the difference in the logic here?







  • I’m actually quite interested in dress history. I’m an engineer at heart and clothing is fundamentally also an engineering problem (and design of course). It’s an area of engineering that was always dominated by women and you can sometimes see the novel approaches that brings.

    For example historical corsets were actually quite comfortable when fitted right. One reason why is actually breast support. Predecessors to the modern Bra did exist but were not in fashion as a more compressed looking bust and later a shaped silhouette was in fashion.

    Also it’s cool what tricks one can use to form the silhouette without extremely compressing the waist (which is how many modern people often think is the function of a corset).

    I recommend Bernadettes channel on this topic: link



  • It’s probably not real but I have seen people with psychosis that behave similarly. It sounds funny but for the relatives it can be really stressful and sometimes horrifying. Not because the patient is violent (although that can happen too of course) but strange behaviors and beliefs that can’t be changed or challenged.

    Although I’ve also seen a few people deal with it through humor


  • weker01@feddit.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzRadioactivity
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    4 months ago

    If you only think about half live then yes it would be radioactive forever but in reality after a long time every atom would’ve decayed into non radioactive elements.

    You can even calculate the expected time it would take for the random process of decay to terminate.





  • weker01@feddit.detoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldThe sheer arrogance
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    4 months ago

    I guess people just fucking died before refrigeration…

    And in regards to pizza: I mostly order pizza when hosting a party, so the fridge is full with other party stuff and at the end I’m tired anyways. Knowing that the leftovers will not survive the next 24h anyways it’s more convenient to just leave them covered by the pizza carton at room temp. Also I warm the pizza up anyways when I eat it.

    Also sweaty? That’s actually something that happens when I leave certain stuff in the fridge because of condensation. I have more of a problem that it dries out outside the fridge. What climate are you living in? That could explain the difference in our world view.


  • weker01@feddit.detoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldThe sheer arrogance
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    4 months ago

    Do you have a source on that? I’m pretty sure pizza does not go bad in 24h at room temp and normal humidity. While I agree that food safety is important not everything needs to be stored in fridge temperatures.

    Well it depends on what one considers normal temperature and humidity I guess, now that I wrote this.



  • What is the danger of explaining the word “bullshit” to children? Of course like many topics it should be explained carefully e.g. reading Frankfurt before discussing this specific paper.

    And religion can politely go fuck itself when it comes to deciding what words professional academics use. They did that long enough already… But actually I know a few religious philosophers and they use the term without complaints.