Modern astrophysics exists because a house fell on a teenage orphan.

Who as a result got adopted by a prince.

He got access to a royal lab for glassmaking.

Then he tried fixing color aberration in his microscope lenses.

Then he noticed the rainbow had holes in it. Huh.

Then he died. Glassmaking and tuberculosis are fast friends.

Then Bunsen invented his burner, which made spectra that matched the rainbow holes. Huh.

Now we know what stars and planetary atmospheres are made of!

So night is just really weak day

In terms of dialogue, you can’t beat Street Epistemology

I should call her

the continued existence of recoverable information

This phrase helped something click. Thanks for collapsing a wave function for me with all that information 😜

Seriously though, this is how information works even in evolution: continued existence of recoverable information. Genes that don’t favor recovery of the genetic line, drop out of information’s purview.

To see some basic analogy of natural selection at the quantum level is a bit exciting, to say the least.

First science meme community I see on Lemmy. First science meme post I see. Was not disappointed.

Get rid of the “classroom.” Not opposed to indoor spaces, but those spaces shouldn’t be mindless boxes with rigid productivity deadlines.

Poignant story… So much said in so little time. Great artwork too!

The juxtaposition between those first two posts is great

Apparently the ad tracking is disabled when you launch the rocket. Also, I deleted the other apps pretty much right away 🤣

I registered as a beta tester and immediately upon logging in and setting my favorite layout, it felt HOME. Was happy to launch the rocket!

I will gladly pay.