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ngroot t1_j64yrer wrote
Reply to comment by RW3Bro in NY attorney general weighs in: Harlem truck depot could be illegal by ctnutmegger
> I don’t see how that amounts to anything but a rubber stamp for developers.
If the city council votes on it, they have an incentive to not do something that most people in the city hate.
ngroot t1_irk0s2y wrote
Reply to comment by Devout--Atheist in Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality by ADefiniteDescription
I at least hate articles like this because they get latched onto by people who know nothing about physics and then spun into quantum woo to pitch to the gullible (e.g. Deepak Chopra).
Action at a distance is "spooky" because the measurement of a property of one thing affects the likelihood of measurement results on another thing even outside of its light cone. It can't actually send information, though.
Bohr and Einstein weren't arguing about whether the universe exists when you don't look at it, despite how this article makes it sound.
This mostly boils down to "there are no hidden local variables" which /is/ deeply unintuitive, but it doesn't let you make water into weird shapes by being angry or any woo-woo shit.
ngroot t1_j9icns4 wrote
Reply to comment by TheNormalAlternative in 2 Teens’ Deaths Underscore Dangers of ‘Subway Surfing’ by thenewyorktimes
That's because we figured out that it didn't work. Go look at the effectiveness of Scared Straight.