I’ve been obsessed with looking up the professors in my videos and in my articles. It’s fun too see random people I don’t know talk about things.
For example as a KC reference Igor Soszyński a Polish astronomer.
Note this is different form the sci YouTuber thread because this is more professional environment. If you watch something with an name or read an article please post the funny people in this thread.
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my sources say a chimp cannot, in fact, be impregnated by a human
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https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/15/international-team-creates-first-chimeric-human-monkey-embryos/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-monkey-hybrid-china-organ-transplant-stem-cells-embryo-a9037506.html
https://sentientmedia.org/growing-human-cells-in-monkey-embryos-is-problematic-but-not-for-the-reasons-people-think/
https://www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/scientists-create-first-human-monkey-embryo/
https://www.newsweek.com/could-chimp-humans-mate-tales-humanzee-hybrids-murky-likely-impossible-796646
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/is-it-possible-for-humans-and-chimpanzees-to-interbreed
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/humanzee-chimp-human-hybrid
Examples:
>Space Settlement
A space settlement refers to a permanent human habitat located outside Earth—on the Moon, Mars, or in orbit. Unlike temporary space stations, these settlements are designed for long-term living, with life-support systems, artificial gravity, and even agriculture. They reflect the ambition to make humanity a multi-planetary species and could one day serve as backups for civilization or stepping stones for deep space travel.
>Arcology
An arcology (from “architecture” + “ecology”) is a massive, self-contained structure that combines housing, workspaces, food production, and public spaces into a single building—essentially, a city within a building. Arcologies are designed to reduce urban sprawl and environmental impact, making them ideal for crowded or ecologically fragile futures.
>Floating Cities
Floating cities are large, mobile or anchored platforms designed to float on oceans, built to address issues like rising sea levels, overpopulation, and urban sustainability. These cities would be self-sufficient, powered by renewable energy, and equipped with vertical farming and closed-loop waste systems. They’re like science fiction made real, with some prototypes already in development.
>Space Elevator
A space elevator is a theoretical megastructure that would stretch from Earth’s surface into orbit, allowing materials and people to travel into space without rockets. The idea relies on an ultra-strong cable, anchored to the planet and balanced by a counterweight in space. If built, it would revolutionize space travel by making it cheaper and continuous.
>Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine involves using nanoscale technology (typically under 100 nanometers) to diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases at the cellular and molecular levels. Imagine tiny machines moving through your bloodstream, targeting cancer cells or repairing tissue without invasive surgery. It holds promise for personalized medicine and longer, healthier lives.
Each case is hypothetically feasible.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_settlement
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcology
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/04/oceanix-city-floating-big-mit-united-nations/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomedicine
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Hey, bros!
Since we're on the subject, I forgot to talk about: Space mining.
Some rich people are speculating on this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_Invest
https://builtin.com/articles/top-space-mining-companies
https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/space-mining-companies/
Also:
Elon Musk is heavily advertising his Mars colonization, but his rockets will likely serve as tourist freight and logistics (for mining).
Your neurons stop going through mitosis at the age of 4, so with no neuroplasticity you would have the metal capacity of a four-year-old.
>That being said how important is different experiences shaping us?
<there BO, a way to talk about the brain in a appropriate manner (but less of an important topic)
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No, that’s how neurons work, that’s what happens when post-mitotic cells go into Growth 0 and no longer have enough centrioles to complete anaphase
>https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:1e9fa55c:html:1
>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4418291/
>https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/80619/apart-from-nerve-cells-and-muscle-cells-what-types-of-cells-do-not-undergo-mito
Botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and other animals, and is the most potent toxin known to science, natural or synthetic, with a lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg in humans.
C. botulinum is commonly associated with bulging canned food; bulging, misshapen cans can be due to an internal increase in pressure caused by gas produced by bacteria.
🔬 Can You Test for Them?
Short answer: not easily at home, but it’s possible with effort and some moral flexibility.
You're basically doing what food safety labs and forensic microbiologists do.
Option 1: Culture Test (Danger Mode 🔥)
You try to wake up the spores and see if they party.
⚠️ THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
You’d be deliberately encouraging one of the deadliest organisms on Earth to wake up and start producing neurotoxin in your kitchen. This is “I want to be Patient Zero” level curiosity.
Again: DO NOT DO THIS unless you want to be interrogated by hazmat-suited professionals.
Option 1: Live Like a Scientist from the 1800s
Get raw garlic.
Put it in oil, seal it, and leave it at room temp.
Wait a week.
Congratulations: You’ve recreated a classic home botulism scenario.
(⚠️ DO NOT DO THIS. That’s an actual common cause of botulism. I’m including it here as a cautionary tale.)
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Well Finlandaball it’s here
What do you think is going to happen if we do ever invest nuclear fission reactor capable of high power generation? Effects? Theories? Thoughts and opinions?
>This post is sponsored by chemiball
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Nine, even though that would stop any war about oil and gas because of it becoming obsolete. That would destroy the Muslim world. That would decimated the economic parabola of the Majlis Ash-Shura and the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation ( شرکت صنایع پتروشیمی خلیج فارس,)
> That would destroy the economy of the Arab world
I was recently thinking about how many different shapes there are, and then I thought to myself, what the fuck? pacifically this video got me interested
there’s a wiki for stuff like this
The ones in the video are the Medial omnicircumfacetopental trishecatonicosachoron and grand 600 cell. It’s is truly fascinating, let this be the geometry thread
:—DDD
https://polytope.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
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