Sorry it’s been so long, I’m still working on them! I work on around eight at a time so that’s why it’s taking so long! I will hopefully have one up in a few days!
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Two Spaces After a Period: ok or not?
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html
The article suggests the cause of the double space may be manual typewriters with their monospace font. But we all use proportional fonts these days.
Then again there’s someone else saying exactly the opposite (and backing it up with their own evidence): Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong (or, the lies typographers tell about history)
Welcome To Australia
http://www.welcometoaustralia.org.au/
Welcome to Australia exists to engage everyday Australians in the task of cultivating a culture of welcome in our nation.
Probabilistic vs Pilot-Wave view of Quantum Physics | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-new-quantum-reality/
Interesting. I’ve always had issues with the probabilistic view, and I like the pilot wave (Bohmian) view. It makes more sense in my head. That doesn’t mean it’s right, of course, but just saying – I find it more elegant and satisfactory. It doesn’t require magic.
It’s important to realise that both views are of the same quantum physics. Feynman said “no one truly understands quantum mechanics”.
I reckon it’s worthwhile putting way more research into the pilot-wave view again, as it may well be able to help resolve other related issues such as the unified theory. Different perspectives often help to do that (and that’s even the case if they’re wrong!)
Also consider this tidbit:
In a groundbreaking experiment, the Paris researchers used the droplet setup to demonstrate single- and double-slit interference. They discovered that when a droplet bounces toward a pair of openings in a damlike barrier, it passes through only one slit or the other, while the pilot wave passes through both. Repeated trials show that the overlapping wavefronts of the pilot wave steer the droplets to certain places and never to locations in between — an apparent replication of the interference pattern in the quantum double-slit experiment that Feynman described as “impossible … to explain in any classical way.” And just as measuring the trajectories of particles seems to “collapse” their simultaneous realities, disturbing the pilot wave in the bouncing-droplet experiment destroys the interference pattern.
10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing
http://io9.com/10-scientific-ideas-that-scientists-wish-you-would-stop-1591309822
Many ideas have left the world of science and made their way into everyday language — and unfortunately, they are almost always used incorrectly. We asked a group of scientists to tell us which scientific terms they believe are the most widely misunderstood. Here are ten of them.