J Brew

Electrical engineer. USAF Veteran. Fascinated by neuroscience; always learning. Addicted to reading and exploring mountains. Socratic gadfly.

[J Brew @BrewNeuron]

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
Richard P. Feynman
https://t.co/eY6s1oYliz

This didn't have to happen...

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@RickelKendra We were at Catalina ~15 years ago, stayed at the Zane Grey hotel. It was an excellent time.

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@LyddleNybble @BskiMike22802 Good info. I live in Washington State, we should do the same. I'll write to my state representatives, I wonder what response I'll get

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@RickelKendra “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” Newton
My thought is I understand aliens just a bit; about as well as my cat understands physics. It knows how to jump well but can't figure out the equations of motion.

[J Brew @BrewNeuron]

@elonmusk Newton on what is real: “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.”
https://t.co/3AIngjJLSj

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@elonmusk "Get wisdom… with all thy getting get understanding.”
Proverbs 4:5-7

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@RickelKendra @elonmusk @yunta_tsai Korzybski Manhood of Humanity is another significant work.

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@_imey @Object_Zero_ Good point about China as a civilization. It will be interesting to see how energy is derived in the future.

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@PositiveTheta88 @Object_Zero_ Good point, both the products and their transport.

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@Object_Zero_ Source of Solar and Wind generation chart is
https://t.co/WM5UMkanXB

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@Object_Zero_ Thanks, this is illuminating. On a per capita basis, China is well below the USA and EU peaks. China's solar and wind generation far exceeds the US and EU. I wonder what the CO2 emissions comparison will be in 5 years?

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@RickelKendra Congrats, a milestone and a new generation. We are with our four month old grandniece right now.

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@kejca Thanks. Here's a transcript of his entire USC Law School 2007 commencement speech for those who want to learn more
https://t.co/8EQ8DaiQ7g

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@ChristosA89 @StuartHameroff Science thrives on skepticism, falsifiability & debate. Scientism is when 'trust the science' becomes 'shut up and believe'. Blocking constructive criticism is scientism.

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@tautonik @museucapixaba I remember Cyrix!

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@arkwojcik @PhysInHistory Exactly. Shannon was precise with his words and you reminded me that I should be as well.

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@RickelKendra "There is no great genius without a touch of madness.”
Seneca the Younger

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@PhysInHistory Shannon's Masters Thesis: "A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits" from 1940 is also remarkable. He applied Boolean logic to digital systems.
https://t.co/sIcOjKGOsS

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@arkwojcik @PhysInHistory Great point, Shannon preferred entropy: "The entropy is a statistical parameter which measures, in a certain sense, how much information is produced on the average for each letter of a text in the language..."
https://t.co/GpbDgx56p0