2020: A Utah Odyssey

Jstpssng · Dec 20, 2020

Diggin It said:
Seems to have gotten just plain silly. Too bad people have to screw things up.

A month after a mysterious monolith was discovered in Utah, at least 87 more have appeared around the world

The way that they're reproducing, I'm starting to believe the pallet conspiracy people.

/pine · Dec 20, 2020

There is very little originality (uniqueness) in the world today...everything is copy-catted...nobody thinks for themselves...(even the topic of this thread was something copied)...

I miss guys like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor...!

Criticizing stupidity seems to be a challenge any more...!

ovrszd · Dec 21, 2020

Diggin It said:
Seems to have gotten just plain silly. Too bad people have to screw things up.

A month after a mysterious monolith was discovered in Utah, at least 87 more have appeared around the world

What do you think the original intent was?

BrokeFarmerJohn · Dec 21, 2020

I watched 40ft tall robots go hand and hand with people in movies, on earth (Transformers). We are quickly reaching a world of illusion. Unless I see it in person it’s hard to take stuff seriously. It’s VERY easy now to edit what we see on screens.

Still an interesting story I will follow.

Maybe they are just sky scraper seeds that have sprouted and will grow up into a tall building.

2LaneCruzer · Dec 22, 2020

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
I watched 40ft tall robots go hand and hand with people in movies, on earth (Transformers). We are quickly reaching a world of illusion. Unless I see it in person it’s hard to take stuff seriously. It’s VERY easy now to edit what we see on screens.

Still an interesting story I will follow.

Maybe they are just sky scraper seeds that have sprouted and will grow up into a tall building.

You are assuming they are fertile; if so, there must be some huge pollen around somewhere!
I'm with you on a world of illusion. A couple of things I have seen lately, makes me stop and question...one was a fireworks display that was alleged to have been put on by the Japanese; it was so remarkable that I checked it out; turns out it was computer generated. I also saw a Christmas light display supposedly put on by computerized drones, but I cannot believe that a compute could control hundreds of drones so perfectly that they didn't waver, drift off or collide. We best remember what we were taught in our science classes; that is don't be afraid to question.

3Ts · Dec 22, 2020

2LaneCruzer said:
You are assuming they are fertile; if so, there must be some huge pollen around somewhere!
I'm with you on a world of illusion. A couple of things I have seen lately, makes me stop and question...one was a fireworks display that was alleged to have been put on by the Japanese; it was so remarkable that I checked it out; turns out it was computer generated. I also saw a Christmas light display supposedly put on by computerized drones, but I cannot believe that a compute could control hundreds of drones so perfectly that they didn't waver, drift off or collide. We best remember what we were taught in our science classes; that is don't be afraid to question.

And when a theory is proposed based on all the scientific evidence, if a single instance does not match the theory, you have to go back and correct the theory. Science is based on facts not consensus.

2LaneCruzer · Dec 23, 2020

3Ts said:
And when a theory is proposed based on all the scientific evidence, if a single instance does not match the theory, you have to go back and correct the theory. Science is based on facts not consensus.

That's true as far as it goes, but you first have to thoroughly investigate the single instance and the reason that it is different...I have run enough experiments to know that the exception may have inadvertently been slightly different in its conditions...for what ever reason...and was not a true test of the theory. I have seen this particularly in biological systems, where substrates were contaminated or the bacterial strain was not pure, or some such...easily explainable.

3Ts · Dec 23, 2020

2LaneCruzer said:
That's true as far as it goes, but you first have to thoroughly investigate the single instance and the reason that it is different...I have run enough experiments to know that the exception may have inadvertently been slightly different in its conditions...for what ever reason...and was not a true test of the theory. I have seen this particularly in biological systems, where substrates were contaminated or the bacterial strain was not pure, or some such...easily explainable.

Yes, I agree with that.

txdon · Dec 23, 2020

2LaneCruzer said:
A couple of things I have seen lately, makes me stop and question... I also saw a Christmas light display supposedly put on by computerized drones, but I cannot believe that a compute could control hundreds of drones so perfectly that they didn't waver, drift off or collide. We best remember what we were taught in our science classes; that is don't be afraid to question.

Its here, Synchronized Drone Light Show.

Behind the making of a synchronized drone light show - CBS News

The record is not hundreds anymore it's thousands or exactly 3051
Biggest drone display ever! - Guinness World Records - YouTube