This video is just a rip-off of the 1st What-If question on the xkcd blog - what if a baseball were pitched at .9c? http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

The firing barrel is on the centerline though. I believe the whole gun was offset to make room for the front landing gear.

As for the recoil: http://what-if.xkcd.com/21/

Here ya go. XKCD weighed in on the costs.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/45/

The problem we have now is that science has advanced so far that the average person just doesn't understand it. Science is progressing faster than our education of science, so we're running into Arthur C. Clark's third law that any science sufficiently advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic.

There is a scientific pathway that takes you from Newton's apple all the way to the most advanced computers and medical knowledge. The problem is, you can't fit that pathway into one easy to read book. You can't explain complex things in sound bites. We're talking the cumulative efforts and trial and error of human beings over the course of thousands of years that takes us from the discovery of fire to the interwebs.

You can't summarize that shit into a few simplistic parables and stories.

It's hard to understand. It takes time to understand. Not everyone *will* understand it. Not everyone wants to understand it. More XKCD goodness: http://xkcd.com/154/

but it happens whether or not you believe in it or understand it. Because someone else DID do the work.

Ha, awesome XKCD reference (for the 2 people watching this that didn't already know that)

Also, happy birthday professor!

https://xkcd.com/1145/

Obligatory XKCD link.

Randall Munroe of XKCD said it pretty well
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/math.png

"As of this writing, the only thing that's "razer thin" or "too close to call" is the gap between the consensus poll forecast and the result"

>> ^NaMeCaF:

Anyone got a link to that XKCD graphic?


http://www.xkcd.com/1093/

Anyone got a link to that XKCD graphic?

>> ^ReverendTed:

>> ^LarsaruS:
I'm drunk right now so can't be arsed to find more sources.. it is Friday Damn it!!Maybe you're right and maybe you're wrong, but if only everyone were as coherent when intoxicated!


Well you know... This

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The comic: http://xkcd.com/1052/

Also, this: http://xkcd.com/1093/

http://xkcd.com/610/

http://xkcd.com/1082/


>> ^Porksandwich:

Watching someone finger water...... deeper and deeper.
Just needs a soundtrack.