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Tim Urban

@waitbutwhy

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Katılım Mart 2013
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Tim Urban@waitbutwhy·
My book What's Our Problem? is now available. The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With 303 drawings, it's a toolbox for understanding our societies, our group dynamics, and our own minds. Get it here: waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem
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1 really seems like a prime number
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Joscha Bach@Plinz·
@Rowen72600346 @waitbutwhy Look: the green X is the center of the mass of the pixelated circle, the red + the center of the geometric one. The X moves at a lower resolution than the + but at a higher resolution than the pixels!
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The shortest distance ever discussed in science is the Planck length. It's the shortest distance that can be measured. Our universe's pixel size. So how small is it? A sphere with a Planck length diameter is to a human egg cell what a human egg is to the observable universe.
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Toddler amnesia is such a bummer
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Zo⚡️@ZohebDavar·
@waitbutwhy Ah ya. You’re a big book guy now. I miss the blog posts that I could ready in 5 or fewer days
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@ZohebDavar I'm working on an explanation right now that'll be in the book
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Zo⚡️@ZohebDavar·
@waitbutwhy You should write a piece on this. Seems a complex topic you could make accessible
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@i_am_hardikg In the moment I didn't know if there were 1 or 2 mafia members let and if they killed me that round I thought it would be good for mafia to still not know who the angel was. Might have overthought it.
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Hardik@i_am_hardikg·
@waitbutwhy When you were on trial at the end, why not reveal you knew the angel and seal it for sure? Because you already had it? Was fun and well played!
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Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
Fun fact. Modern humans first appeared about 250,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't began until about 6,000 years ago. That means, about 97% of human history is lost forever. [✏️ @waitbutwhy]
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@moxie Watching this back you seem like such an innocent puppy at the end. I'm a terrible person.
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Jesse A.@JesseAbraham·
ppl talk about David & Goliath as though the giant had every advantage. but David, who once killed a lion to protect his flock, brought a weapon that Goliath couldn’t answer & attacked from angles Goliath couldn’t defend. the mismatch may have been the other way around all along.
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