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[scienceisbeauty]

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[ovenproofowl]

His Dark Materials is a franchise that tackles so many branches of physics and even creates a universe where the main course of study is experimental theology which is all about identifying and explaining dark matter while also adding dimensions to string theory, the multiverse theory, and the very concept of the human soul. At the same time, it aggressively calls out the problem with the state being controlled by the church, how people are condemned for being different and religious fearmongering stops the chance at growth both on an individual and a societal scale. It’s a franchise where the heroes of the story are two children who aren’t allowed to know the prophecy they’re a part of, who save the world unwittingly simply by doing what they believe to be right. Meanwhile, the person who thought he was the hero all along, the person who rallied an army from multiple universes to FIGHT. GOD. HIMSELF. is ultimately consumed by his own ego and forced to take a back seat when he realises he’s just one tiny piece of a much larger story that’s true heart is his own daugher. The child he abandoned, the child he didn’t know or care to know how to look after. It’s a franchise about finding love even when your biological family abandon you, it’s about looking evil in the eye and seeing your own mother, it’s about good and evil not being black and white but instead a complex and cruel mixture of both. It’s about the two worst people you know banding together at the last second to save their daughter with their final breaths. It’s about exploration and learning how to grow through experience, it’s about kindness being shared across the multiverse, exchanging stories with strangers and saving the whole world by doing something perfectly ordinary and receiving no reward.

Oh, and it’s also a franchise rich with fantasy, with giant talking polar bears, witches and ghosts, angels and daemons, and a mammal-like species from another world that travels exclusively on roller skates. 

And it fucking. rocks.

#his dark materials #phillip pullman #hdm #lyra belacqua #will parry #marisa coulter #lord asriel #mary malone #northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #i feel like i didn't even scrape the surface. the universe created here has fascinated me since i was a kid #but as i've gotten older i've really learned to appreciate all the scientific theories that are expanded upon using fantasy and philosophy #as someone who has a weird obsession with theoretical physics hdm scratches a very specific itch 😂 #anyway that's my little rant over. i'm done now.

[explore-blog]

“We were never promised any of it — this world of cottonwoods and clouds — when the Big Bang set the possible in motion. And yet here we are, atoms with consciousness, each of us a living improbability forged of chaos and dead stars. Children of chance, we have made ourselves into what we are — creatures who can see a universe of beauty in the feather of a bird and can turn a blind eye to each other’s suffering, creatures capable of the Benedictus and the bomb.”

The New York Times selects the best sentences of 2023.

#Maria Popova #quotes #philosophy #physics #language #writing

[stemgirlchic]

#science #women in stem #academia #stem #stemblr #space science #physics #astrophysics #astronomy #quantum mechanics #general relativity #cognitive science #psychology #neuroscience #cognitive neuroscience #philosophy of science #stem romanticism #stem memes #physics memes #science memes #neuroscience memes

[nerdymemes]

#linguists are the real scientists #nerdy memes #memes #nerdy meme #nerd humour #nerdy #biology #chemistry #physics #maths #philosophy #linguistics

[misamoom]

#moon pics #mooncore #moonchild #moon post #moon photography #moon phases #full moon #moon #moonlight #astro community #astrophysics #astro observations #astrology #just an observation #astronomy #astro notes #astrophotography #astronaut #physics #philosophy #photography #photooftheday #orbit #outer space #space #study space #spaceship #in your orbit #galaxy #stars

[that-one-girls-blog-posts]

Nothing worse than getting into a new subject and having no one to discuss it with

#self education #nerdy girls #philosophy #psychology #neurology #spirituality #religion #ethics #esoteric #literature #pop culture #video essay #art #art history #history #science #astronomy #quantum physics #politics #documentary #aa

[guiltyidealist]

autism loading screen tips

Did you know: You can brush your teeth at any time of the day! Try brushing for 1 minute next time you're in the bathroom.

If showers are hard for you, try wiping your body down with baby wipes instead!

Dry hands every time you wash them? Apply extra lotion to your wrists and forearms. After washing, wet your wrists and rub the lotion down your hands! Pat dry.

In a pinch, a little Icy Hot can help ground you during an episode or meltdown. Apply a little to your arm and focus on the sensation

Dysmorphia, dysphoria, or self-esteem impairing your bodily hygiene? Try bathing in dim lighting (lights off might not be safe!) to impair your body issues back!

You're literally so cool (:

Struggling with oral hygiene because of spoons? Any little bit counts, even if you can't do the whole routine. Just swishing mouthwash or brushing without paste still helps!

Pro tip: everything is a stim tool. All you have to do is stim with it

Foster hydration by having a mini-fridge full of water next in your leisure area or bedroom. You can even add flavorings!

Did you know? The more similar to us we think someone is, the more we favor them-- You are psychologically predisposed to love yourself!

Biophilia refers to the natural affinity for... well... nature. Empirical data shows that humans fare better when exposed to imagery of nature. Harness these effects for yourself by opening windows or displaying rocks!

Noise-cancelling headphones are your best. friend.

the abolition of capitalism is the only way to make things right for this planet and all its inhabitants

#shitpost #but also. real #y'know #life pro tips #loading screen tips #autism tips #life necessity #hygiene #physical health #stim stuff #philosophy of relationships

[scienceisbeauty]

Ok, light is both, or neither. 😎

#physics #humor #epistemology #philosophy #quantum mechanics

[disease]

“[The color] black is real sensation, even if it is produced by the entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensation.”

—HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ

#quotes #hermann von helmholtz #black #color theory #physics #philosophy #text #u

[starkissedspirit]

"I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up. Many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big. But I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars."

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#neil degrasse tyson #physics #astrophysics #science #space #universe #stars #humans #philosophy #galaxy #the universe #solar system #planets #scientists #galaxies #life

[typhlonectes]

The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It

Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality

One of the more unsettling discoveries in the past half century is that the universe is not locally real.

“Real,” meaning that objects have definite properties independent of observation—an apple can be red even when no one is looking; 

“Local” means objects can only be influenced by their surroundings, and that any influence cannot travel faster than light. 

Investigations at the frontiers of quantum physics have found that these things cannot both be true. Instead, the evidence shows objects are not influenced solely by their surroundings and they may also lack definite properties prior to measurement. As Albert Einstein famously bemoaned to a friend, “Do you really believe the moon is not there when you are not looking at it?”

This is, of course, deeply contrary to our everyday experiences. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, the demise of local realism has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Blame for this achievement has now been laid squarely on the shoulders of three physicists: John Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger. They equally split the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.” (“Bell inequalities” refers to the pioneering work of the Northern Irish physicist John Stewart Bell, who laid the foundations for this year’s Physics Nobel in the early 1960s.) 

Colleagues agreed that the trio had it coming, deserving this reckoning for overthrowing reality as we know it. “It is fantastic news. It was long overdue,” says Sandu Popescu, a quantum physicist at the University of Bristol. “Without any doubt, the prize is well-deserved...”

Read more:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-universe-is-not-locally-real-and-the-physics-nobel-prize-winners-proved-it

#physics #science #quantum mechanics #quantum theory #entanglement #particle physics #photons #bell inequalities #the real #cosmology #the universe #philosophy #quantum entanglement

[quantummechanics]

#physics #astronomy #science #quantummechanics #quantum mechanics #psychology #philosophy #quantumphysics #astronaut #paradox

[aprito]

The way that Sakura is inspired after cherry blossoms with both her name and appearance, and the cherry blossoms symbolise the transience and impermanence of life due to their short life spans. Sasori fights against a girl who represents the fleeting nature of life which completely contrasts his obsession with immortality and skurhliexbkjgfswgblpeq

LOVE that Sakura clowns on Sasori's fuckass stupid beliefs not only with her skill set but also with her entire existence. He was untouchable until he wasn't, he was smart until he wasn't, he was apathetic until he wasn't in the span of like, an hour. The best part being that the thing that ultimatively makes her so strong (her humanity and affection and care towards Chiyo) is the one thing he can't have and would absolutely lose if he were to turn her into one of his liveless bum bitch puppets.

She really is the ultimate troll. We love her.

#ask noni #meta #kinda #i was rewatching vote 2 the other day #where sasuke said i need to kill you naruto so no one i would care about is left #and i can just be the villain i need to be #but we all know sasuke would NEVER have been happy ever again and naruto KNEW this #and it just brought me back to the sos fight and sasori's entire le epic fail philosophy #ok so you have 298 puppets who cant talk or respond to you and no friends #you have all the acknowledgement you would need and you're still not happy #you tried to live a emotionless existence but it was physically impossible and you still couldnt bring yourself to kill the last family lin #and the only person who ever challenged you thinks you're a loser #and you wanna live forever like this? bitch is this how you live? #sasori really was leading the ultimate flop existence #in kishi's AND my eyes <3

[quasi-normalcy]

#physics #quantum mechanics #philosophy #metaphysics

[b4kuch1n]

hi! birthday. which means it's finally time t

yo what the itch store is fixed up now

damn what? I don't know where this came from. look all the comics I put on g*mr**d a year ago are back here again with all the formatting and typesetting by @fireflysummers as well as the exclusive bonus art wtf who did this. my werewolf comic on here too what the hells!! that one also got re-toned for printing if u want to AND an exclusive cover spread !!! what the fuck!!!!! come see for urself I can't make this shit up

#bakuspecial #comic #itch.io #bakugoods #<- made up a tag for when I sell things that aren't commissions just now #for folks who still remember me talking abt a physical run of these comics: I'm so sorry this year and the last have been brutal #and I live in a well and suffer a curse of international mails never going well. so the logistics became Very complicated #I still think abt it tho! I've prepped up all the assets just bc I thought abt it so much... we picked out a gift print for the orders #And a bonus print for the pack #but I couldn't gather my brain enough to make it happen. yet #it takes a bit of overhead so I gotta build that up. which is. right now talk for after the shit that just happened to me got smoothed out #but I do want it to happen. I've been sitting on this exclusive custom print for like two years now #I really love that drawing its so cute. I still hold that project close to my heart #anyways uhh itch store! happy birthday to me! #last year this time was so rough I didn't even Want to think about my birthday lol #strangely enough with this small little fragmentation grenade we just got I became more motivated to fuck around on my bday lmao #probably out of spite. hammer philosophy #my parents love making a whole thing out of me and the brother's bdays lol so dinner's gonna be something #but for now I can still chill. and prep up stuff. and do my thang #if u look thru the itch store and get something from there thank u so much! I hope the comics treat u well #and now. I make hot drink. have a good day lads! do a little jig for us let's go