Because... I didn't really say what I was arguing. I said I find the article misleading and the physics misapplied—but now that I think about it "incomplete" might be a better word. I only quote tweeted because I think the article is a bit clickbaity for an incomplete framing of bicycle physics.

I think you are arguing something I'm not? I already said, "We don't know the physics of a bicycle by itself, that's true."

That's why I find it misleading. It's misapplied physics. Like being surprised that a walking cane can stand upright when no one is using it.

I've seen this article before and find it misleading idk. We don't know the physics of a bicycle by itself, that's true. But a bicycle isn't functional by itself. It's functionally a kind of prosthetic. We don't think of bicycles that way because we associate prostheses with loss of a limb.

The reason this works for me is that seeing all the steps of a task is less intimidating. It's like open shelving for tasks. If it's just five steps, nothing is hidden, then oh I can handle that.

I've been thinking of posting this forever and keep forgetting lol. I don't know anyone else who does chores like this, but this is how I have to do them. I can't pretend ten steps are one task. My brain knows better.

Here's a bit. They even mention lemonade lol. You're right, though. The origin is sort of muddled: www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/egg...

They used to have eggs in them. But on the other hand so did lemonade. The early 19th century was certainly An Time.

Whenever I read something a physicist has written about time, I think, "Ok but what you really mean is a specific measurement." Because time is just another thing we measure. Like volume. Or love. Or bone density.

The real head explodey stuff is what if there is something else besides measurement.

It's just really striking to me that humans can ONLY measure things. Like that's what we do. We can't really conceive of another way of existing except by measure.

But does that mean the universe exists only by measure?

I also see The Nothing. Jupiter is 100% The Nothing.

Every time I look at Jupiter I see Earth.

LOL amazing.

It's high risk transaction.

This is great.