[Chat Log] Nov-Dec 2019

[Claire Yeon]

@Jon Eckart not any of which I am aware. It would be nice to get something regularly scheduled again, but alas, many of us have other demands on our time.

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Sad but true...

 

[Jon Eckart]

As long as the makers of the gears (whoever they were, historically speaking) marked everything fine, I could make them without even using a calculator

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Exactly and if you would have told the archeologists what it’s minimum capabilities were based off what was left they would have laughed in your face when they don’t know how modern machines work

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

then if you suggested it could track planetary movements they would call you crazy

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Its kind of depressing where dogmatic policies are in the scientific field...

 

[Jon Eckart]

@Claire Yeon If anyone wants to look up what I was going to bring to the "table" for Halloween, if you don't mind gore, look up "Raw" (in French, but everything I've seen has English subtitles) and "Cradle Of Fear"... keep in mind, these are rated R for a reason, so personal judgment is a thing here.

 

[Jon Eckart]

Well, dogmatic polices were the mainstay in that age (considering when it was made)

 

[Jon Eckart]

*policies

 

[Jon Eckart]

Look at the early 20th Century... Tesla was considered crazy... wireless power, remote controlled boats, transferring power over long distances, alternating current... what do we have nowadays?

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

yeah but they were based on superstitious norms of the time we have scientific methodology to test everything against and the scientific community still hides behind dogma it’s can get infuriating at times

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

For example her in Japan western scientists said there is no such thing as giant squid because “no sea monsters” when Japanese fishers see them regularly