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Mahsa Amini's avatar

An important statement. Thank you to all who signed. Here's hoping we make it out of this century. If we don't...I just want to say it's been an adventure and a pleasure to share the earth with you, my fellow human beings. To oblivion and beyond. :')

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

And thanks for all the fish. :)

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J. F. Meyer's avatar

Who designed and engineered the nukes? You and your colleagues. Thanks for that.

Maybe try using science to help human beings rather than decimate them.

All others: Western science incl. this idiot have the wrong value of pi. This was brought to Krauss' attention but he ignored it & he will be held accountable.

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James OHalloran's avatar

Well, there is the argument that nuclear weapons have prevented a third world war from erupting and, despite Putin's loud threats and he has not employed any tactical nukes.

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J. F. Meyer's avatar

If you're truly concerned about the state of humanity, you would stop ignoring the inverse square calculation of pi which permits a unification of GR with QM.

All human suffering since at least the time of Archimedes has occurred on a base of a deficient circle constant. What is it going to take for a single scientist to give a single f- about this & challenge Archimedes' basic underlying assumptions re: polygonal approximations of pi?

Krauss, you & your colleagues need to STOP assuming others have access to thousands & thousands of dollars, belong to an academic institution (which are collapsing anyways) & is able to publish a paper. It can be demonstrated in less than 60 seconds 3.14159... is wrong.

This is serious & it is easy to demonstrate scientists don't actually care about the problem of human suffering. If they did, they would STOP ASSUMING their polygonal approximation of pi is reconciling the radius of a circle to INFINITE degrees. It does NOT, Krauss. This entire issue rests on a single false assumption you & your colleagues negligently refuse to challenge & STOP trying to send people off to publish papers. You're doing nothing but adding to the problem.

ALL of humanity is suffering at the hands of ignorant mathematicians & scientists whom would sooner sacrifice the whole of humanity than challenge a single basic underlying assumption.

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

reply.. and you would never get a group of scientists to stand up and say there is no point doing science.. they, and I, disagree

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

I think it is frankly self evident. Asking questions and solving puzzles keeps our culture alive, and science continues to make the world better for people, feed more, stay healthier etc...

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

Thanks.. having chaired the bulletin.. I expect if one did an event at the national press club with the 20 or so nobel laureates on the list, one would get a few journalists to attend, with a story in the back of the paper for a day.

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

that is what the bulletin of the atomic scientists tries to do.. but largely it has little impact, except on the arms community

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Lawrence M. Krauss's avatar

You should take a look at The bulletin of The Atomic scientists online. It tries to do what you discuss. At least in part. Otherwise you are right re further debating this. Appreciated the dialogue though.

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