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  1. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, you're asking how it would fail if it was overloaded? I have no engineering experience really, so I can't really give you an answer. From the top the tanker to the bottom of the wheel, are there any components at all that you can imagine would compress...
  2. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    Pretty good term, and observation
  3. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    I guess one thing though, is no matter how complex it appears to us, it maybe cannot be of itself that complex. In other words, our failure to track all of the math equations could just be a human problem. But compare an apple to a thought. The apple always falls to the ground, right. Let's say...
  4. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    We don't often appear to act in such a way, whether free-will exists or not. So I guess the thread question can start to be answered: as a deterministic universe, and a free-will universe, actually might not differ in observable implications.
  5. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    Yeah. I mean, we don't seem to be evolved to know what the mechanics are, at least not outright, not without experience in math or philosophy, where you contemplate what the mechanics are, and try to see them. But I suppose that the fact is, that the mechanics probably operate in only one way...
  6. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    But would you argue that there would be no way to know that - would you describe yourself as agnostic about the issue?
  7. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    This clip suggests overloading as a possible issue.
  8. amorphous_constellation

    What are the implications of free-will, vs. the implications of determinism?

    First of all, this not a debate about whether or not there is free-will. This is instead a debate about what the actual implications are, of either system, weighed against the other. So if free-will exists, whether it is god-given, or just math-given, what does that really mean for how things...
  9. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    I'm more interested, generally, in what is abstractly causing our problems. If I got bit by a mosquito in the woods, you could say that the problem was that I had a t-shirt on, or you could say that the woods I was in was full of them
  10. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    That big business wants to increase efficiency and production is/was the easy part. It was the stretching of physical laws beyond the limit, or the abuse of them, in one way or another, abstractly, that caused the problem. We should try not to miss the forest for the trees.
  11. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    I think it would be perceptive to notice that at this juncture, the 'right' is both talking about a potential environmental issue, and critiquing big business. These two things seem quite rare. But I don't think the 'left' should rub it in, if they are nice. Nor should they go the 'oppositism'...
  12. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/15/ohio-train-disaster-chemical-fallout/ Opinion of the Pa. governor is of note
  13. amorphous_constellation

    Trajectory of the USA

    Well I think greed exists, but I am beginning to think that modern material conditions might presuppose greed. And whichever branch of ethics is supposed to deal with modern material conditions, may need improvement at this point. Think of any article of efficient modern technology. It could be...
  14. amorphous_constellation

    Trajectory of the USA

    In my opinion, according to what I sense, but have trouble fully articulating, our problems have something to do with the impact of new technology in our lives: specifically the need to make them efficient, and make them grow the economy. I am starting to now understand that maybe, we should...
  15. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    I know that from when I ran the farm dump truck for a while. You have to downshift once you start descending hills.
  16. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    It's just kind of difficult to visualize what exactly they did, unless someone can find footage. Was it getting hot in the tanker, pressurized, or both? How long did it take to the dig the trenches/ditches, because it seems like they would have had to be very big to contain all of the material...
  17. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    What about situations where heavy semi's have brake failure, what kind of brakes are we talking about there. Too much speed and heat occurs, when they go down a steep grade too fast, right
  18. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    Well my car is from 2020, and the dealer explained that there is nothing mechanical in - between my brake pedal and the actual brakes. I don't know if it is something like that. Maybe the idea is that the latency of the signal would be less, I don't know. In truth, I have somewhat mixed feelings...
  19. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    Is true now that residents were approached with a contract to sign, saying that they could not hold the rail company and a safety contractor liable? I heard that in the middle of a glenn beck video. What do you guys think of that?
  20. amorphous_constellation

    Ohio train de-railment, massive chemical spill/burn what's going with that?

    The whole complaint, from what I can tell, is that are still using very old technology for brakes as opposed to something more electronic. what is a 'snakehead?'
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