General science thread

Could you quantum entangle particles on a space probe with particles on Earth, in such a way that you could receive data and send commands instantaneously?

No.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement

Interesting opinion piece:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-science-hitting-a-wall/

And it's worth following with this one by the same author:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-science-infinite/


In the second one, he makes a point that perhaps we may be hitting cognitive limits.

But if we are, would we know it?

Quote: Nareed

In the second one, he makes a point that perhaps we may be hitting cognitive limits.

But if we are, would we know it?

There is a limit to intelligent understanding in every other species.

Quote: rxwine

There is a limit to intelligent understanding in every other species.

I estimate that about 2/3 of the time I told my dog to "stay. I'll be right back," she did stay on my bed rather than follow me to the kitchen.

But that's beside the point. suppose there's a thorny issue in physics or physiology that won't be solved. Do we have all necessary data but are incapable of integrating it into a solution, or we are capable but haven't seen it yet, or do we need more data? And how can you tell?

Quote: wikipedia article "Plate tectonics"

around 1965 [it was being accepted] that continental drift was feasible and the theory of plate tectonics, which was defined in a series of papers between 1965 and 1967, was born

I can distinctly remember when it was a new idea. You could be scolded as a school kid for suggesting to the teacher that it seemed like Africa and South America sort of fit too neatly together to ignore

now it is thought that continents come and go, with intervening supercontinents forming

image from Wikipedia article "Supercontinent cycle"

With the Rift Valley about to become the Rift Sea.

I'm sure animals understand more than we think they do. Grammar, tone, associations with visual cues and odor clues. Dogs often react differently to an approaching male as an approaching female.

Gop congressman says sea level rise due to rocks falling in oceans.

Maybe they are falling out of his head?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-congressman-explains-sea-level-rise-its-rocks-falling-into-the-sea/ar-AAxrdgO?ocid=spartanntp