As yet untitled Conscious Universe review 1

Good point. The Ig Nobel prize is, like the Razzies, awarded to people who actually do the work. 🤔 Almando defies categorization.

Joseph Griffith

There is, but the Ig Nobel prizes involve actual reaearch that is dumb. The next closest I can think of would be a Darwin Award, but fortunately he's still alive and therefore ineligible.

Brian

Yup, that’s it. You got me, Almando. I’m an atheist and that’s exactly what I believe. The cellular theory of the universe - first proposed by Dr Walter Hogsnot. Is there a Razzie version of the Nobel prize? Cuz I want to nominate Almando.

Joseph Griffith

my prediction for what the 'totally original arguments' are is that it'll be, "I believe a god exist, therefore a god must exist." can't wait to see if i'm right.

daniel schmitt

I've been loving this season's Almando arc. It might even be better than the Gena Marie season.

daniel schmitt

So, I'm sitting here, trying to slog through a screen full of text actually written by Elph, and there's a grey goo that has started leaking from both ears. Should I be worried?

OneEyed Jack

At least according to my university textbook (Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics Technology Update by Young and Freedman, 13. ed, p. 622): "Energy transfer that takes place solely because of a temperature difference is called heat flow or heat transfer, and energy transferred in this way is called heat." and later "In physics the term "heat" always refers to energy in transit from one body or system to another because of a temperature difference, never to the amount of energy contained within a particular system." So basically there is a process called "heat transfer", which transfers heat, which is an amount of energy. Heat is usually transferred through conduction, convection, or radiation. (pp. 630-637). An introduction to thermal physics by Schroeder (2000, pp. 18-19) has much the same: "Heat is defined as any spontaneous flow of energy from one object to another, caused by a difference in temperature between the objects." Now, these are just a very early course textbooks, but it should be a sufficient definition of heat for our purposes.

Antti Tuominen

It is time.

Ryusuta

It fixed itself

So I was in the middle of this point (then the video became private? ) and I must say, Logicked is more right than I would expect hear and I think the technical definition of heat is confusing anyway. My understanding is that heat is the flow of thermal energy, and in that sense it's sorry of a process to the extent that a flow of energy is a process. I got into a long argument written by last roommate(we're both physicists) on this topic it's inherently confusing imo

My access to the video just stopped halfway through

Yeah, I was considering changing that bit because it was weird. Probably still will.

Logicked

I feel like your explanation of heat is flawed. Heat is transferred thermal energy, yes, but that does not make it a process or in any way immaterial. Heat IS energy, so it exists as much as any other form of energy exists. Mind you, because physicists are great at naming things, heat can also be the internal thermal energy too, depending on context. Temperature, however, is not the same thing as heat (as you do state), but temperature is not the same thing as thermal energy either. They're related and all, but temperature is related directly to the kinetic energy of the particles within the material, meanwhile temperature and thermal energy have a slightly messy relationship, because different materials have different heat capacities and all that stuff. You might have known all this, but the way you explain it muddles it, in my opinion.

Antti Tuominen

Physics professor Sean Carol recently gave a presentation on how the multiverse isn’t the every possible universe thinking that populates common thought. While much of the math was beyond me Sean is good at explaining in layman’s terms. Sorry I can’t provide a link but the video can be found on YouTube.

Brian Quinton

I'm sorry but his use of many of those vocabulary words (not in the actual quote, ugh) have to be pilfered from many different sources, line by line. None of it makes sense. Man, he makes my head spin.

The22ndday

Yes. All the yes.

I’ve been in the dumps all day. What a great way to end the day!

Butter

I haven't been checking my email frequently for 3 days waiting for these... Nope, not at all.

Alissa

Hell yeah! I'm already drunk! Let's go!

Isaac o

It's like friggin Christmas morning!!

Nick Charles

oh lawd

AltCtrlSpud

With any luck they will all be posted by the time I get home from work...

I've been looking forward to this...

Jason Mitchell

Guess I'm not starting dinner for another 38:37

Sal B. Crumb

I've been waiting for this!

Mrohnoes