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Dr. Clayton Forrester's Science Roundup

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dxmnkd316 said:
So I've always thought it was a load of Millenial garbage, but "You do you" probably has more wisdom to it than most of those vacuum-headed millenials realize.
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It's an old idea, the Millenials just jazzed up the saying, boiling it down to a quick quip.
 
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You guys need to take it easier on walrus. He has said many times over the years that he has a health issue that he can either take pills for, or follow a strict diet. He has chosen the diet. For some people, diets are not merely a fad.

I am a fan of whatever works for you. I disagree with much of what Food Babe obsesses over, but I have the freedom to choose what I eat.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
You guys need to take it easier on walrus. He has said many times over the years that he has a health issue that he can either take pills for, or follow a strict diet. He has chosen the diet. For some people, diets are not merely a fad.

I am a fan of whatever works for you. I disagree with much of what Food Babe obsesses over, but I have the freedom to choose what I eat.
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Amen. If you want to obsess over non-GMO, kale, or whatever the newest (or oldest) thing is - please feel free. But don't tell others what they should or should not be eating. Not everyone needs to have the same lifestyle, and if you need that for validation, maybe you need to take another look at your lifestyle. People may eat a certain way for reasons you have no clue about (or, in walrus' case, things you have posted 1,000 times about ;))
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Anyone else read the follow up on the "Dyson Sphere" star?

So friggin weird in a great and fascinating way.
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It's probably* really a Dyson bubble or Dyson swarm, which I have been obsessed with since reading Ringworld 25 years ago.

*By probably I mean insofar as it is a sign of E.T., which is a .000000001% chance.
 
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Kepler said:
It's probably* really a Dyson bubble or Dyson swarm, which I have been obsessed with since reading Ringworld 25 years ago.

*By probably I mean insofar as it is a sign of E.T., which is a .000000001% chance.
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This latest report though is kind of astounding:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astr...ar_faded_substantially_over_past_century.html


I agree, there's almost certainly a plausible explanation that doesn't involve the History Channel circa 2015 and is probably closer to something from the History Channel circa 2007. However, every time we get a new observation on that planet, many of those explanations are discounted. I just can't get over a few key facts:

  • In order for the dips that go as low as 80% of the original luminosity (so, 20% down from 100%, there's been a lot of confusion about this out there), you would need an absolutely enormous body. A Jupiter-sized planet blocks about 1% of a star's (of this size) light.
  • The dimming over the last century has been very fast. It's dimmed an estimated 20% since 1890.
  • There are no corresponding infrared readings coming from bodies that would normally block a star's light.
  • If you look at the zoomed in light readings, they are not at all periodic.

Completely discounting the aliens theory, something very weird, completely unique, and fascinating is happening to that star. It's worth studying.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
I'll take my tube of minty joy and you enjoy your organic, free ranged soy patties. ;). I may live a year or two less, you might get hit by a bus stepping of the curb. Genetics or dumb luck will kill me far before my eating habits will.

Poison. Lol.
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Anthony Bourdain has the following quote about vegetarianism:
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a ****.

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.

Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food. The body, these waterheads imagine, is a temple that should not be polluted by animal protein. It's healthier, they insist, though every vegetarian waiter I've worked with is brought down by any rumor of a cold.

Oh, I'll accomodate them, I'll rummage around for something to feed them, for a 'vegetarian plate', if called on to do so. Fourteen dollars for a few slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini suits my food cost fine.
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But I firmly believe this can be extended to the food babe and her ilk.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Anthony Bourdain has the following quote about vegetarianism:


But I firmly believe this can be extended to the food babe and her ilk.
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And I'm going to slightly modify this Maddox quote to fit the topic: "For every box of Girl Scout cookies you don't eat, I'm going to eat three."
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
lol.

At no point did any do anything you are describing.
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it was a general statement about judging others based on their food choices, which is done A LOT here.

I like how you added the 'lol' just to add that extra-special touch of jack***.
 
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jen said:
it was a general statement about judging others based on their food choices, which is done A LOT here.

I like how you added the 'lol' just to add that extra-special touch of jack***.
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Ok. :rolleyes: you're right, Bob and I are the only ones judging anyone's choices on what they eat. I don't claim to be an angel but I think you need some serious introspection.

I added it because it deserved it. No one had done anything you described. Bob and I were simply defending our choices in food.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
You guys need to take it easier on walrus. He has said many times over the years that he has a health issue that he can either take pills for, or follow a strict diet. He has chosen the diet. For some people, diets are not merely a fad.
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jen said:
Amen. If you want to obsess over non-GMO, kale, or whatever the newest (or oldest) thing is - please feel free. But don't tell others what they should or should not be eating. Not everyone needs to have the same lifestyle, and if you need that for validation, maybe you need to take another look at your lifestyle. People may eat a certain way for reasons you have no clue about (or, in walrus' case, things you have posted 1,000 times about ;))
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That goes both ways, though. Just because Walrus has a medical condition that prevents him from enjoying Thin Mints doesn't mean they (or other processed foods) are "poison." Using that terminology comes across just as sanctimoniously as anything anyone else has said.
 
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Since this is the science thread, I'd advocate lifting the discussion out of anecdotal cases and talking more about causal facts or statistical correlations.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Ok. :rolleyes: you're right, Bob and I are the only ones judging anyone's choices on what they eat. I don't claim to be an angel but I think you need some serious introspection.

I added it because it deserved it. No one had done anything you described. Bob and I were simply defending our choices in food.
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Exactly. Thin Mints fall into my "discretionary/fun" calories category of my meal plan. As a marathon runner, I know I can't eat Thin Mints every day, but that's up to me to decide when I can have them.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Exactly. Thin Mints fall into my "discretionary/fun" calories category of my meal plan. As a marathon runner, I know I can't eat Thin Mints every day, but that's up to me to decide when I can have them.
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I'd cut a b1tch for trefoils.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I fail to see how the latter article is bad news for anyone other than Komrade Putin.
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It's bad news for all of us. It doesn't matter one whit who is doing the exploring as long as somebody is. We need the 21st century equivalent of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch to get us off this ball before some moron burns it.
 
Kepler said:
It's bad news for all of us. It doesn't matter one whit who is doing the exploring as long as somebody is. We need the 21st century equivalent of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch to get us off this ball before some moron burns it.
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maybe it's bad for future generations. I doubt it'll have any effect on us currently.

Sucks to be those future people!
 
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