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Insightful post about reason, abstract thinking, and science, highlighting gifted science fiction influencers.
Killing the Screen
Evie was absolutely done with the bully in town. It wasn’t a bully like in the 90’s where one would get a punch in the face and it would be over, no – this bully hid behind her smartphone. She was sick of it, and she sat there laughing with her big fat gut giggling. “Stop. Stop! STOP.” She never stopped. Evie went once again went home and told her parents. “Can I just take that thing and smash it?”
By Aaron Michael Grant14 days ago in Futurism
Found On The Ex Press
The train had stopped, and it was dark. Almost everyone was on the way home and they waited for some explanation of what was happening. It was twilight to darkness time, and the drizzle and dirty windows meant that the passengers could not see very far over the moor where they were stopped.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 16 days ago in Futurism
Out of the Gravity Well
Syl's lungs burned, not from oxygen deprivation, but from the sheer, crushing weight of three gravities pressing her spine flat into the custom-molded carbon-fiber couch. This was nothing like the cinematic, roaring liftoffs of ancient science fiction. There was no shaking windows or fiery, explosive cinematic drama; instead, it was a brutal, mechanical physics equation being executed with cold precision. The falcon-like ascent profile of the heavy-lift shuttle was a calculation of raw thrust overcoming the stubborn curvature of Earth's gravity well, and every single metric Newton of that force was being transferred directly through her rib cage.
By Syl De'Vilabout a month ago in Futurism
The Hailstone Problem: A Simple Puzzle Nobody Can Prove
Introduction Some mathematical problems require years of study before you can even understand the question. The Collatz conjecture is different. You can explain it to a child in less than a minute, try it with a pencil, and immediately see why people find it fascinating.
By Alan Spencer2 months ago in Futurism
The Four Twos Puzzle That Paul Dirac Took Too Far
Introduction Write the digit 2 four times on a piece of paper. Your challenge is to place mathematical operations between the digits and make other numbers. You must use exactly four twos in each answer, although the operations you are allowed to use depend on the rules you agree beforehand.
By Alan Spencer2 months ago in Futurism
Richard Feynman, the Safe Cracker
Introduction In a secret laboratory in New Mexico, some of the world’s finest scientists were working on the most dangerous weapon ever conceived. Armed guards watched the entrances, letters were checked, and the project’s very existence was concealed from the public. Yet Richard Feynman discovered that sensitive papers could be far easier to reach than anyone wanted to believe.
By Alan Spencer2 months ago in Futurism
Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Man Who Seemed to Understand Infinity
Introduction In January 1913, the Cambridge mathematician Godfrey H. Hardy received an extraordinary letter from an unknown clerk working in Madras. The letter contained pages of mathematical formulas, many of which appeared without proofs or explanations.
By Alan Spencer2 months ago in Futurism
