In the 1760s, burning was well-understood as a DESTRUCTIVE, or extractive, process; that belief leads directly to the 'discovery' of Phlogiston.

And in your time, Quantum Mechanics seems plausible

- because the 'wave-object duality' of everyday items (such as a TENNIS BALL...) is not recognized...

Science is under attack from the political Right because it's 'progressive'

- constantly seeking a BETTER understanding of the world around us.

That position THREATENS 'conservatives' who regard established beliefs and institutions as MORE IMPORTANT than observable reality.

🧪 #ResearchIntegrity

Those cussed'ed pie charts...!

How you behave shows how evolved you are as a human being. Empathy and compassion are seen by many as a weakness, when actually it’s is an advantageous adaptation for survival. It’s a strength. Now remember, as a geneticist, this is my thing. Empathy and compassion evolved from

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One of the most BIZARRE aspects of studying Aerodynamics has to be a preference for IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICS over real-world observations that *might* be inconvenient for calculation.

It's often claimed that 'Bernoulli's Principle doesn't really explain Flight'

- in reality, it BREAKS Flight...!

(Thanks for your thanks. Post deleted/redrafted due to an editing error; I guess I need the services of a publisher...)

Nothing to apologize for, Alom; it's the sort of story that can inspire improvement, by flagging up a 'gap in the market'.

Publishers' attitudes and assumptions may even be responsible for the industry DECLINE that's routinely blamed on the internet...

I have added a link to this post at the end of my post on #scicomm as firefighting makingsciencepublic.com/2025/08/09/f...

At some point, a publisher who can treat authors differently

(and by logical extension, offers the reading public something less patronizing...)

will 'tap into' the evident reservoir of frustrated talent, whose potential 'negativity' is so obvious to the industry that such warnings are needed...