Suggesting that we move towards space-based astronomy doesn’t mean he’s out of his mind. He might not be a professional astronomer or astrophysicist, but that hardly indicates insanity.

They had an opinion and expressed it. You can then reply and explain why you disagree. No need to call them insane for expressing their thoughts.

The scale is very misleading. 0-200m is the same as 200-1000 and 1000-2000m is like 1/8 of 0-1000m.

Doesn’t really capture the insane depths of the Mariana Trench. This website visualizes it better. Albeit without the Saddam lying at the bottom.

Yeah. I’ve been using vidplay.org lately

It is different, but tbf academics are also reliant on external funding sources to conduct research. It’s not absurd to think that the grant writers or university administration might have some stipulations about the free distribution of research they paid for.

Have we forgotten what happened to Aaron Swartz? With the state of the world today, I naturally expect everything to be monetized, regardless of whether it makes any rational or ethical sense.

Yeah I guess, but that doesn’t really help. Humans already killed most of the whales so rubbing in our technological superiority is quite gauche.

You never know if whales are going to get revenge for this kind of stuff someday 😅

Fun fact: every species on earth has been evolving for the same amount of time. Assuming that life wasn’t spontaneously generated multiple times on planet Earth, which seems relatively unlikely.

For some reason, I feel oddly defensive about the whale being insulted. Suck on that you stupid marine biologist, you should understand evolution more better.

Ah, I see what you mean. In that case, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

And I support you doing so, you could literally post anything and I would upvote it (please don’t take that as a challenge).

But it’s still not a meme. Anyway, I think the other guy was kinda joking around, at least I hope they are not genuinely upset by this 😬

You’re funny af bro. You do you.

That being said, the man’s not wrong in this particular case.

Lol! Nice one

Suspicious username…

If squids can turn transparent, why do they bother with all the colors and camouflage? Maybe it’s just because they like to show off

✨️ density ✨️

now kiss

Wow! Really wonderful artwork selections you have included here.

Jacobs tended not to go in for the amount of slapstick and humor that Hergé did, instead aiming for more serious, tense and spellbinding plotting, heavier on exposition & dialogue.

That sounds appealing to me. Thank you for making me aware of this series!

Appreciate you. All I wanted was to have an interesting discussion. People in here acting like I shot the Pope.

Save yourself before it’s too late.

Do not say anything positive about Fahrenheit in this thread… the Temperature Scale Inquisition is watching closely for any dissent from the party line.

I just got absolutely obliterated. Believe it or not, I got up to +10 on that initial comment at one point. I think if I had formally presented my argument initially, it may have gone better.

I just didn’t realize that mentioning Celsius was going to set off this kind of reaction. It’s so weird the things that different cultures hold sacred.

You realize the only reason that 82 sounds like that is because you grew up with it, right? That to someone using Celsius, 28 degrees sounds exactly the same in their head? We’re not the only ones who get to experience the feeling “of 82”, others do too, they just call it something different. This isn’t complicated stuff.

Yes, I do realize that. I was poking fun at this person who told me to burn myself because I asked for a source for his claim about human sensitivity to temperature. It’s known as using humor to defuse an awkward situation. This isn’t complicated stuff.

I swear the only explanation is narcissism. Just an complete inability to empathize and understand other people’s worldviews.

Ironic.

So your position is that whatever we are taught as children, we naturally consider superior. I strive to be more of a free thinker.

It’s patently obvious that having 16 versus 8 gradations to describe an appropriate temperature range is superior. But you can’t even accept that minor concession.