“ Very good 1. Predict some conceivably but not necessarily detectable process has an annually varying rate component. 2. Set up experiment subject... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM EST

“ Confirmed I predict that regardless of the content of any observations eventually achieved, it will be taken as confirming the simulation. (read full comment) ” 

Posted on January 10, 2012 at 2:37 PM EST

“ "automaton" Really, "automaton". (read full comment) ” 

Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:47 AM EST

“ The event that would have occurred a few centuries ago was not the flare itself, but the arrival of radiation directly from the flare. Now... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM EDT

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“ inflation I can't tell if this is a chondrite or a nickel-iron body. If the latter, heating it to molten state and then injecting fluid into the... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on August 30, 2011 at 6:57 AM EDT

“ "early"? So this effect should have acted in the first second after the BB, and we should be able to detect it in light emitted 3e5 years later? ... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on August 16, 2011 at 4:54 AM EDT

“ -41 degree When you write "about -41 degrees C", the "C" is superfluous, because it's also about -40 degrees F. Minus 43 degrees C is, sadly,... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on July 12, 2011 at 7:11 PM EDT

“ Collision If you treat them as neutral, absurdly diffuse gas clouds, it's hard to see how the collision could produce anything of note. The mean... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:26 AM EDT

“ rotation If the heat emitted is not exactly symmetric, it ought to be trying to rotate the vessel, too, which would have to be countered to keep... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:44 AM EDT

“ cipolla Carlo Cipolla's heirs have gone to absurd lengths to keep his work out of publication. However, at least one version is in the public... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:53 PM EST