Today I Learned

[gleem]

Today I learned that George Orwell's "1984" is Amazon top selling book whose rising sales is presumably due to the "alternative facts" controversy. I'm trying to wrap my mind around "double think".

 

[fresh_42]

Today I learned that George Orwell's "1984" is Amazon top selling book whose rising sales is presumably due to the "alternative facts" controversy. I'm trying to wrap my mind around "double think".

Doubleplusgood!

 

[StevieTNZ]

I haven't learned anything new today. But I am wanting to learn something today so my question is, what is today's alternative fact?

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

If it is UV-based, then glasses help.Avoid something with a potential risk, replace it by something with certain risks?

I need to learn more about this. Thanks for the replies.

 

[fresh_42]

I haven't learned anything new today. But I am wanting to learn something today so my question is, what is today's alternative fact?

$2+2=1$

 

[mfb]

$2+2=5$

 

[phinds]

$2+2=5$

Actually, I think Trump's version is 2 + 2 = about 300

 

[mfb]

Make 2+2 great again!

 

[Ibix]

Post-truth maths.

Whoa.

 

[dkotschessaa]

$2+2=1$

$2+2=5$

Now to figure out which alternative fact most appeals to my most dearly held notions and biases!

 

[fresh_42]

Now to figure out which alternative fact most appeals to my most dearly held notions and biases!

Well, mine doesn't need a redefinition of facts, umm symbols.
In case anyone wants to learn more about alternatives, mathematicians have already a solution even for this:
We gathered them in $\{A_n\,\vert \,n \in \mathbb{N}_{\geq 2}\}$

 

[Borg]

TIL, that U.S. government scientists will not be easily muzzled.
U.S. government scientists go 'rogue' in defiance of Trump.

Employees from more than a dozen U.S. government agencies have established a network of unofficial "rogue" Twitter feeds in defiance of what they see as attempts by President Donald Trump to muzzle federal climate change research and other science.

 

[Borg]

$2+2=1$

Today I learned that sales of 1984 are up 10,000%.

 

[Bystander]

Today I learned that sales of 1984 are up 10,000%.

Hundredfold? On what size of inventory? " Earlier this week Signet Classics ordered a 75,000-copy reprint of the book and the company spokesman says there could be more printings in the near future.

CorrectionJan. 25, 2017
A previous version of this story said Kellyanne Conway was interviewed on Face the Nation by Chuck Todd. The show was actually Meet the Press." 75k? It's no longer required reading?

 

[jedishrfu]

Today I learned that George Orwell died in creating his 1984 classic:

In 1946 Observer editor David Astor lent George Orwell a remote Scottish farmhouse in which to write his new book, Nineteen Eighty-Four. It became one of the most significant novels of the 20th century. Here, Robert McCrum tells the compelling story of Orwell's torturous stay on the island where the author, close to death and beset by creative demons, was engaged in a feverish race to finish the book

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/10/1984-george-orwell

 

[Borg]

Death is life?

 

[fresh_42]

Death is life?

Doubleplusungood!

 

[Borg]

Doubleplusungood!

It's going to be a crazy four years.

 

[fresh_42]

We have a saying here: What others built up with their hands in months, he tears down with his butt in minutes.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Well, mine doesn't need a redefinition of facts, umm symbols.
In case anyone wants to learn more about alternatives, mathematicians have already a solution even for this:
We gathered them in $\{A_n\,\vert \,n \in \mathbb{N}_{\geq 2}\}$

You're trying to brainwash me! ::puts on alternative math news site::

 

[OmCheeto]

It's going to be a crazy four years.

This kind of crazy?



Today, I learned to stay off the north jetty of Humboldt Bay(coordinates: 40°45′53.06″N 124°14′05.01″W), when the National Weather Service issues a High Surf Advisory for Northern California after overnight measurements indicated a surf height of 27 feet.

 

[fresh_42]

This kind of crazy?

Sure that crazy is the appropriate adjective here?

 

[jedishrfu]

This kind of crazy?
Today, I learned to stay off the north jetty of Humboldt Bay(coordinates: 40°45′53.06″N 124°14′05.01″W), when the National Weather Service issues a High Surf Advisory for Northern California after overnight measurements indicated a surf height of 27 feet.

Just Wow!

 

[Borg]

This kind of crazy?

What a maroon.
Looks like he busted a right front tie rod early on. He was screwed after that.

 

[OmCheeto]

Sure that crazy is the appropriate adjective here?

hmmmm... Are you implying that it's going to be crazier?
Could be.
But my imagination only goes so far, and the next 4 years is only a week old, and many of us are already...

We may need a new adjective.

 

[OmCheeto]

What a maroon.
Looks like he busted a right front tie rod early on. He was screwed after that.

Yah... He's the second best excuse for not defunding Planned Parenthood, IMHO.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

We have a saying here: What others built up with their hands in months, he tears down with his butt in minutes.

Regarding information, there are backups. Science marches on.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate

 

[fresh_42]

Regarding information, there are backups. Science marches on.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate

Does Twitter meanwhile fall under diplomatic immunity?

 

[mfb]

This kind of crazy?

That is not crazy, that is a suicide attempt.Today I learned: There was never a proper randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

 

[fresh_42]

That is not crazy, that is a suicide attempt.Today I learned: There was never a proper randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

Sure?

 

[mfb]

Today I learned: There was never a published randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Today I learned: There was never a published randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

Pfft. Total placebo.

 

[jedishrfu]

Pfft. Total placebo.

More likely skewed results from those who couldn't report back the failure of their jump.

 

[dkotschessaa]

More likely skewed results from those who couldn't report back the failure of their jump.

Questionnaire:

1. Did you use a Parachute? Y/N
2. How would you rate your landing experience on a scale of 1-10? ____

 

[fresh_42]

TIL why it's called terminal velocity.