Just had an enthused conversation about Weddell Seals. Specifically that they sound like the Forbidden Planet soundtrack dubbed out by Scratch Perry, without needing anything so downright soft as a recording studio or an echo box to help them.
I was sure there'd been some chat about them on dissensus, but can't find anything now. Here's a clip from Herzog's documentary where he went to Antarctica. The shots of the scientists lying on the ice are just great.
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There are some other really long, equally amazing sound samples in a blog post I did earlier in the year.
Although for the chad, I'm sure irreproducibility is a virtue.The virgin doing fundamental science research to uncover the fundamental laws of the universe versus the chad doing it to win a bet.
Bizarre new quasicrystal material formed by vibrating metal beads
The quasicrystal, a type of non-repeating crystal once deemed impossible, was made by jiggling thousands of metal balls in a tray for over a week.www.livescience.com
Have you seen one? How can you be sure?its hard to believe in zebras isn't it. mental to think they really exist.
Luka therefore must not have ever seen an empiricism, and thus how can he be sure?@luka likes to rag on empiricism, which is quite ironic given that he doesn't believe in zebras because there isn't one in front of him right now.
I've got several, he can borrow one any time he likes.Luka therefore must not have ever seen an empiricism, and thus how can he be sure?