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kozmost @lemmy.world

10mo ago

Scientific Discoveries

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He said all the information they're gathering is faulty. It's very easy for such a statement to be false. Only a Sith deals in absolutes!
- But his nose grew a LOT
- And Jedi when judging Sith.
  
  Not surprising that Mr. "Darth Vader murdered your father" Obi-Wan partakes in faulty reasoning.
- You are parroting jedi propaganda, everyone deals in absolutes all the time, even jedi themselves
  
  It's even more direct than that, the statement itself is absolute so logically it's equivalent to saying "I am a sith"

Of course the information gathered is faulty, they're measuring 3mm changes with a tape measure
- My tape measure has millimeter divisions? In fact til 5cm (I think, might be 10. I'll check tomorrow) it has 0.5 mm lines too.
  I mean I would use another tool probably, but if I only had my tape measure it would do unless the changes are smaller than like 0.25 mm.
  
  Oh mine too, but that doesn't make it the right tool for the job.
  
  Agreed. For those not using metric, tape measures usually have 16ths of an inch which is 1.5 mm, and you can easily measure down to 32nds.
- That's very easily very accurate.
  
  Only for a much looser definition of "very" than I seek in regards to the scientists asking the kinds of questions they are.
- Metric tape is good to ~1mm +/- 0.5 in my experience.
  
  I would trust it that far for flat, square pieces of metal; not for an irregular shape with a rounded tip, mounted to an irregular rounded surface. For this use I'd want a steel ruler at minimum.

If Pinocchio believed what he said, even if it wasn't factual reality, would his nose grow? What if he was an anti-vaxxer?
"Pinocchio, do vaccines cause autism?"
"Yes! Yes God damn it, and 5G melts your brain!"
"His nose didn't grow. It must be true!"

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