Tag: Veritasium

Dear KMAG: 20250820 ✾ Wolfian Wednesday Persnickety Placeholder and Open Topic

Gail Combs is off tonight due to the tragic death of her neighbor, as well as the insurance company coming after her home, and other assorted trials and evils. Please join me in praying for Gail, her husband, and their neighbors. May they be strengthened in their hour of need by the Almighty.

We must endeavor to persevere with this placeholder.

This is a placeholder.

Most of this post is boilerplate, but with sprinkles of minor mirth.

Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Wolfian Wednesday Persnickety Placeholder and Open Topic, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Wolfie’s WOO-WOO Wednesday, due to the author’s expected rambling about his most WOO-WOO opinions. Please bear with us!

We are living in an episode of The Outer Limits.

Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.

The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.

And yes, it’s WEDNESDAY…again.

So are we halfway through the week? Is this really HUMP DAY?

Let’s try that again.

OK – maybe Wheatie’s rules need to be posted on Wednesday, too.

  • No food fights.
  • No running with scissors.
  • If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.

If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a pure placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday Wednesday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!

How did Q put it? Ah, yes.

“Enjoy the show!”

W

OK – y’all got a real placeholder on the Monday upon which this post was saved. We’re gonna try to give you some actual fresh content today.

(1) Beware Charybdis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis

Pot may not kill you, but it has friends like jet engines who are willing to do the job. Stay safe out there, mellow tokers!

(2) The Far Out Dude Prophesies

How did the 1970s get the future so right by warning us about what we shouldn’t do wrong, and then somehow failing to stop it?

(3) Pick a Number – Any Number!

Not so easy, when you think too much about it! Welcome to the “axiom of choice” – which fixes everything and breaks it, too.

(4) Dark Energy Is A Placeholder!

No, I did NOT say that Placing Holder Under Arrest is a Dark MAGA Energy. Nor did this lady. But she did say that “Dark energy is a placeholder for a lack of knowledge of what leads to the expansion of the universe.”

Actually, she said a whole lot more. If you want a good general explanation of the state of modern physics in words and no numbers, this gal can provide, during the first half hour.

After that, you enter the arena of physicists fighting each other. Grab some popcorn!

(PS – as you can see by the image on the video, these new AI anti-wrinkle creams and age-reversing formulas for men and women really work!)

(5) Does This Research Smell Sweet or Stink?

“Scent of a woman’s tears brings calm to men”

Remember – the Weizmann Institute had some researchers who straight-up lied about some covidian stuff, IIRC. This would mean that there are simple volatile chemicals that pacify human aggression. Are they putting those in everyday products? And if not, why not?

This was brought here a long time ago by somebody – and sat in my tabs forever.

LINK 1: https://studyfinds.org/womans-tears-calms-men-down/

LINK 2: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002442

So – we got some massive tab-clearing done. But there is still more to do! See you next time!

W

Dear MAGA: 20250807 ✾ Thank God ± Theistic Evolution ∈ Thursday Open Topic

This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!

Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.

Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!

Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.

The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.

And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.

And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.

OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.

  • No food fights.
  • No running with scissors.
  • If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.

If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!

W

Just gonna throw out some goodies.

(1) I forgot all about this Matrix stuff. Kinda fun.

(2) You think Stalin was bad? He was worse! Way worse!

Obama’s mentor’s mentor! Do things make sense now?

(3) OH NOES – Ancient Humanoids Just Got Even More Complicated!

(WARNING – 41 min EXTREME geek-out scientific paper reviews!)

Is it a mess? YES – and real science admits that it’s a mess, and the mess is evolving, too! But things ARE getting sorted out.

Frankly, I wish we would have had these kinds of science discussions online when I was in school, instead of sending letters by pony express, or using scrolls and clay tablets!

(4) I love this song – in case you haven’t seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tLCv_ryJAE

AI humor had me cheering, and AI country had me tapping my foot. Not gonna lie!

(5) What links AI, atom bombs, card decks, chemical reactions, search engines, and the very concepts of independence and free will?

EXPLAINER!

OK – that’s enough. Have a great weekend!

W

Dear MAGA: 20250529 ✾ Thank God ± Theistic Evolution ∈ Thursday Open Topic

This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!

Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.

Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!

Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.

The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.

And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.

And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.

OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.

  • No food fights.
  • No running with scissors.
  • If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.

If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!

W

A Tab-Clearing Selection of Videos

OK, people, listen up.

I have collected WAY too many videos in my tabs, with the intent of using one every week in the Monday open thread. The trouble is, I collect them much faster than I am using them.

Well, I’m going to FLUSH some of them. Right now. And every week. Until I have a more manageable number.

Find what you like – play what you like – ignore the rest.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

W

(1) The Nancy Mace Allegations

Nancy Mace makes explosive allegations on the floor of the House. Go to 19:00 minutes where it begins (it should be queued up).

(2) Einstein, Emmy Noether, and General Relativity

Is Veritasium a heavy metal? If so, I maintain that it is still good for you! This is fascinating history about Einstein, even if you ignore the science. It’s basically about a woman mathematician who came up with some math and science that saved Albert’s butt!

(3) Barbara Corcoran On Donald Trump

I’m not saying she’s right about WHY Trump is the GOAT, but she is right THAT Trump is the GOAT, and her little story here is fascinating. You’ve seen this before – still – worth another watching!

(4) The World’s Dumbest Calculator For Pi

This is actually kinda cool, but in the end, you will feel the dumbness, and it burns! “Moar Maker Madness!”

(5) Pyromaniacs, Clickety-Clacks, and the Thermite Welding of Railroad Tracks

Veritasium with all the fireworks and none of the equations. OK, maybe just a few equations. But still, it’s all worth it. Enjoy!

Stay tuned for the next five tabs to escape though this page!

W