Only if God himself gives them grace, according to the Calvinists.

I’m sure it was vaporized but I still think we should get MythBusters to test it with modern camera and tracking equipment.

Another fun tree fact I heard, the reason why coal exists was because trees existed on land for a long time before decomposers existed to digest their fibers. They just died and were buried intact. This actually caused a problem with sequestering so much CO2 that the earth went into an ice age.

Edit for clarification: decomposers did exist but they couldn’t decompose tree lignin specifically so it just stayed around.

I always thought it was crazy to wonder what the qualia of colors we can’t see but other animals can is. It’s sort of like being a cat or some other animal with limited color vision and trying to imagine what humans see. How would you prove to a cat that those colors exist?

I’ve got the big 4 birthday coming very soon. I already have enough ailments to complain about but I’ll wait for now. Not enough time in the day to be bitter about that.

I think you might have a little bit to go yet, enjoy your remaining youth!

I think its neat too! Hydrogen bonds ftw.

“You won’t believe how many people each year die from asphyxiation due to this rocket fuel combustion byproduct!”

I would not agree that Fahrenheit is what is wrong with the USA but the jingoistic opposition to metricization is probably a symptom of delusional American exceptionalism, which does hit closer to the mark.

Or fully-hydrogenated oxygen.

It would be purely self-serving, tribal culture war outrage and not out of concern for giving fast food workers a holiday. I bet it would come from the same people who give out those Bible tracts disguised as US dollar bills as their tip at a restaurant.

If we want to take a shower from scratch we must first invent the universe.

I suspect coal country in Kentucky, WV and rural PA and Virginia and the western plains in Nebraska and Kansas, which are already severely stressed with population loss, will see some real ghost towns soon. Especially if the Ogallala aquifer dries up in the latter case.

Since you said “house” I’m going to push back a little bit. Housing is unaffordable and we should address it but single-family homes are not a feasible solution for a lot of places and situations.

I guess it is the year of the Linux desktop for at least some people.

I’ve used Linux desktop in various forms for just over two decades, this has to be the fourth time it felt like Linux was having its chance to seize marketshare. Each time it ends up not being the mass adoption that people hope for but it feels like the community grows each time so I think it is neat nonetheless.