Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

Quote from: AnonyMint on May 05, 2014, 11:08:21 PM

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In the Economics Devastation thread, I explained with respected citations that degrees-of-freedom is known to be equivalent to potential energy.
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Ya well, one can glance at your assertion and know that it is wrong. The units don't even match. 'degrees-of-freedom' is, in fact, unit-less.

Educate yourself:

http://unheresy.com/The%20Universe.html#Entropic%20derivation

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The energy E_absorbable that matter can absorb is related to the degrees-of-freedom (entropy) N by the equipartition theorem.

Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

Just like I'm not inclined to crack open my Mother Goose to analyze the validity of the assertion that the moon is made of green-cheese, I'm not planning on wasting a lot of time on your more tedious rendition. I'm simply not interested in metaphysical flights of fancy replete with newly minted Anonymintian fundamental unit systems. Solarian is kind of a mouth-breather so maybe he'll bite.

When I choose to work, I work as an Engineer.

The above is widely peer reviewed research from Eric Verlinde, a well respected theoretical physicist.

An engineer is not usually trained in theoretical physics.

Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

All of my experiences in that field demonstrate that pretty much everything is a compromise. It's not easy to weigh the compromises sometimes or predict all of them,

Engineering and theoretical physics are starkly different disciplines. I am trained in both, so I am able to compare.

Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

Everything about you screams 'absolutist' and 'fundamentalist'. I've never known anyone displaying these features who is an effective Engineer or Scientist. OTOH, it is a good characterization of most right-wingers and Libertarians I know.

To a hammer everything appears to be a nail. And to an idiot, a genuis appears to be word-salad.

Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

Being the curious type I learned of Bitcoin relatively early on. Being an analytical type I decided that it was worth taking a position. The happy fallout is that at this point I can be unemployed and waste time on anything which happens to catch my interest. The ground will be dry enough tomorrow that I hope to continue my road building project.

Your smug confirmation bias will likely evaporate 2016ish, as well as your networth and perhaps even your life.

Quote from: tvbcof on May 06, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

The subject under analysis here (the Bundy event) has caught my interest in part because of the three events Newtown, Boston, and Bunkerville (all quite possible fabricated psyops) Bunkerville is hands down the most damaging to the 2nd amendment and our potential to retain it (and, of course, the utility of this right in very unpleasant but increasingly possible scenarios.)

While you are off inventing conspiracy theories, the rest of us remain grounded in the "no taxation without representation" concept.