#science marches on

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Errors, “Errors,” and Sci Fi

@strawberry-crocodile

tvtropes calls stuff like the wolf example "science matches on" which I think is a pretty fair shake

This.  This is what’s got me thinking so much about errors.  There’s a certain danger, here.  A certain way that this particular effect — delicious dramatic irony — tempts the mind when reading old stories, even true ones.

What do you know about R.M.S. Titanic? I ask my class every year, and the first hand rises.  “It was unsinkable,” the student inevitably says, and everyone is nodding, “or so they thought.”  I write the word UNSINKABLE on the board, underneath my crude drawing of a ship with four smokestacks.  It will be crossed out before the end of the hour, but not for the reason they expect.

“I find no evidence,” Walter Lord, preeminent biographer of the ship’s survivors, wrote, “that Titanic was ever advertised as unsinkable. This detail seems to have entered the collective mind so as to create a more perfect irony.”  Indeed, historians’ examinations of White Star Line documents show the shipbuilders themselves worried it would be so large as to risk collision; they stocked several more lifeboats than 1910s regulations required.

The War to End All Wars (deep breath, satisfied exhale), also known as World War ONE. Chuckle.  Shake of the head.  What if I told you that this phrase, used primarily in American newspapers after the fact, wasn’t meant to be literal? Nowadays we’d say The Mother of All Wars, or One Hell of a Fucking War, but we wouldn’t mean literal motherhood, literal intercourse.  What if I said the armistice and the Lost Generation and the Roaring 20s were all braced for another outbreak of European conflict, and yet we still failed to prevent it?

Did you know they were so confident in the safety of the S.S. Challenger that they put a civilian schoolteacher onboard? I do, because I’ve heard that one repeated many times.  Only, see, it’s got the cause and effect reversed.  Challenger launched on a day the shuttle’s engineers knew to be dangerously cold, because the first civilian in space was on board. And NASA knew its shuttle project would be cancelled entirely, if they couldn’t get that civilian’s much-delayed entry into space in the next two weeks.  So they launched on a cold day, and killed her instead.

These are all what cognitive science calls Hindsight Bias on the personal level, what sociology calls Presentism on the cultural level.  Social psychology’s a little of both, is primarily interested in why you’re sitting on your couch in a Colonize Mars shirt watching PBS and chuckling at the fools who believed in El Dorado.  It wants to know why the mind flees straight from “marijuana will kill you” to “marijuana will cure cancer” without so much as a pause on the middle ground of its real benefits and drawbacks, its real (mild) risks and rewards.

And they can paralyze the sci-fi writer, if you think too much about them. Jetsons is futurist one decade, retro the next.  “There are no bathrooms on the Enterprise,” the creators of Serenity say smugly, as if Gene Roddenberry should’ve simply known that decades later it’d be acceptable to show a man peeing in full view of the camera, nothing but the curve of the actor’s hand to protect his modesty.  “No sound in space,” the Fandom Menace says, “No explosions in space,” and “A space station can’t collapse in zero-G.”  Only then NASA burns a paper napkin outside of atmosphere, transmits music using only the ghost of nearby planets’ gravities, and logs onto Reddit long enough to point out the Death Star would implode in its own gravity field.  And now we’re the ones pointing, the ones laughing, at those earlier point-and-laughers.  Self-satisfied, smug in superiority.  As if we did the work to find out ourselves, instead of just happening to be born a little later than George Lucas.

#errors #continuity #sci fi #presentism #star wars #titanic #world war i #science marches on #history #started a new post because i got waaaaaay off topic here #if you think the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park (1993) should've had feathers #you're a lot more ignorant about paleontology than the people you're trying to criticize #science was not handed down to us in its perfect complete form circa 1943 #stop for a second before you call out someone else's reptilian denonychus #someone else's oxygenated moon #and ask: am i better read #or am i just more recently born?

[tlaquetzqui]

So turns out it’s probably better to include Ornithischia and Theropoda in “Ornithoscelida”, and then put sauropods and herrerosaurs over in the Saurischia.

Basically, it’s like if theropods were placental mammals, ornithischians were marsupials, and saurischians were monotremes. Ornithoscelida is like “therian mammals”.

#science marches on

[humanoidhistory]

Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart walks in space, March 6, 1969.

#apollo 9 #space #science #history #rusty schweickart #march 6 #1969 #1960s #nasa #astronaut

[amnhnyc]

🌊 March babies, your birthstone is aquamarine! Find your birthstone and more in the Museum’s Halls of Gems and Minerals.

#science #amnh #museum #nature #natural history #rocks #geology #gems #minerals #crysta #aquamarine #march #birthstone #did you #fact of the day

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

if I could erase the terms "Lower X" and "higher X" from all scientific literature, I would

this post is inspired by a paper I just had to cite that calls birds "lower vertebrates"

#mammal bias #anthropocentrism #science marches on but man we have a lot to clean up #taxonomy #paleontology

[one-time-i-dreamt]

When I was in high school, someone in Hollywood heard about the science fiction novel I was working on and wanted to make a movie about it. I said yes, but the final result was a mess. Will Smith starred the movie, the villain was now the main character, and it was so bad and controversial I got bullied at school.

#dream #text #March 3rd 2024 #high school #hollywood #novel #writing #sf #science fiction #writer #movie #film #will smith #actor #villain #bullying tw #school #queueueueueueueueueueueueueue

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s wet beast is: Caesar Grunt

Olive’s wet beast fact: Beware the Ides of March. Thank the gods there’s no knifefish around this guy…

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

#caesar grunt #wet beast wednesday #marine biology #the ides of march #julius caesar #aquarium #fish #fishblr #oceanposting #sea life #marine life #marine bio #zoology #sea creatures #science #ides of march

[axelmedellin]

Daily drawing 18 mar 2024

March of Robots, day 18, Paint.

#march of robots #march of robots 2024 #paint #robot #gynoid #scifi girl #science fiction art #daily drawing #drawing of the day #watercolor #brush and ink #traditional art #axel medellin #axelmedellinart #axel medellin art

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Cauliflower Jellyfish (Cephea cephea)

(Photo by Derek Keats)

Conservation Status- Unlisted

Habitat- Indo-Pacific Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 60 cm diameter

Diet- Zoo-plankton; Small fish

Cool Facts- The cauliflower jellyfish resembles more of a plant than an animal. Despite not having eyes or a brain, these large jellyfish use the sun as its navigator. Descending into the deep during the day and ascending to the surface during the night, their bioluminescence attracts small prey. Despite having a deadly venom that easily kills small zoo-plankton, the spines on their tentacles are too small to pierce a human’s skin. Their main enemies are turtles and humans. Cauliflower jellyfish may not taste like their namesake but they are still eaten as a delicacy.

Rating- 13/10 (A glowy lad.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Jellyfish #Marine animals #Monday #March 13 #Cauliflower jellyfish #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[accio-victuuri]

March CPNs

this month’s banner theme is tennis boyfriends! lol. when i saw it, i knew it would fit, cause this month was also when WYB went for the lacoste show and most interviews was him talking about tennis. and who is the other actor who mentioned this sport too? another coincidence! why is it always them? 😂😂😂 from new au pairings, coins, similarities and kadian drama— this month delivered the goods to us!

time to review and look back at the delicious candies we ate this month:

• the bone necklace potentially getting replaced because of some anti rumors and what it means.

• circle elements in xzs vlog is a nod to cpf comments that have yellow circles

• lacoste and bjyx

• yibo shows cpfs some love at chanel pfw

• here are some other pfw minor clownery. 🌸

a nice detail seen in his clothes/jacket are red and green flowers. you all know how we feel about red and green in this fandom. yeah, this must be a stylist’s choice blah blah blah but that just how cpns work. and it’s so cute too!

descendants of the sun parallel! please! you all know i’m weak for this shit. chenwei will always reign supreme, but what if chen yu decides to go full on army or whatever.

i also found it funny how fans are noticing the difference with their clothes. xz was revealing in his own way & wyb was all covered up. of course these are two different brands so the clothes and everything will not be the same. but that’s actually what’s good about them, how different they are. and yet— they complement each other really well and have the same values in life. they try and learn what the other person’s interest is so they can have a better relationship. 🤍

posing with their female seatmates 🤣🤣🤣

• a similarity we noticed too was that wyb was on his phone before the lacoste show, and it reminded us of how xz was doing the same at gucci mfw. i think we went 👀 because for xz, we were already clowning that he was messaging wyb or reading message from him then something similar happens to wyb. it could be a completely different thing and who can blame them for checking their phone while on “downtime” — but let us be with our fake story from these two incidents 😌😌😌

• on 3/5 chang feng po lang released a new character poster for wyb’s character wei ruolai. because of it, a new AU pairing was born. wei ruolai x patient #5. i swear. their characters look good together! some also pair wei ruolai up with xiao sa or chunsheng 😂😂😂

i have to say younger chunsheng before he went to military and ruolai match so well together!

• same answers on fashion week interviews: comfortable dressing & the color black

• another perspective on the coin that appeared in zz’s vlog - relation to wei ruolai and war of faith trailer this is further “proven” when wei ruolai’s character posted was revealed and he was tossing a coin. look, i know it’s highly unlikely that the whole concept was a way to tease us with WYB’s drama. but it’s a nice double meaning and more! 🪙🪙🪙

• since there is a new character out for one of them, another new AU pairing was born! wei ruolai x xiao chunsheng 🤍🤍🤍

• the two of them being featured at vogue website as stand outs during their respective fashion week appearances. it’s not really cpn but more on them being the power couple 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and i’m just so proud of them. years later, they still shine so bright and it has no signs of even fading.

even with weibo engagement, both of them were on top during their respective events. no one could even come close. and why, it’s so hard for them to work together, or why no one would allow that to happen cause it will be game over. lol.

• our dearest tennis couple 🎾 ; this has become more prevalent in the fandom because of wyb’s lacoste ad!

• the inception possibility - tbh i’m just desperate to relate this movie to them and a cpn 😂😂😂

• the collab between cotti and dove - this is most likely a business movie that has no input from xz and wyb. these are big brands that take care of their company but what’s sus is how cotti posted the announcement of this collab at 10:05. you would think dove would be the one to do that since xz is their endorser. or they could use 10, 10:10 or 10:30 posting time which are equally usual time slots for brand announcements. but no. it feels intentional on their side to use that association. of course it led to some drama but we still made some lemonade out of it by going through some old endorsement CPN examples that was funnily enough, dug out by solo fans who are clowns themselves.

• some are clowning (slightly) over WYB’s alleged kadian a day after the cotti drama when he FW the post for olympics because it read a (14:38) lifetime zhanbo. but you all know how picky i am with kadians. the vcr was shared 14:30 so i guess he only had a narrow window to share, not sure if intentional or not. for me, personally, not everything is kadian. considering the topic too, this is a national/international event. i don’t think it should be used for cpn. i’d like to think WYB is more professional than we are. but who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️

• this bts video from war of faith! it shows wyb being active — moving around and doing some exercises. reminds us so much of how xz was like during SBMS bts that was released. they are so similar!

• GG’s weibo post the night before WoF premiere

• adding this to the list of brands they both use for their wardrobe: NANS. as usual disclaimer, these are clothes used in brand shoots and may have been chosen by hired stylist of the brand or their own. who knows. i just like archiving stuff like this, especially for lesser known brands that seem to only be worn by them. some examples below:

lesser known because XZ/WYB are so popular so you would expect them to wear name brands. if not, a company that the general public likes. on weibo, the brand only has 132k followers which is pretty low and they don’t repost photos of celebrities who used their clothes— nothing about WYB or XZ or anyone else.

• 3/21, premiere date of WoF, WYB shares a new trailer for the drama. The weibo account of WoF posted @ 9:58 and WYB on 10:06. So the CPN is, did he miss? was this supposed to be 10:05? considering what XZ did the day before with his post. Personally, i’m relieved that he didn’t do it 10:05 to prevent drama with his so/os because this time is crucial. we can’t afford these sensitive ass fans turning away from him and not supporting his work. he is too smart for that, he knows all too well how these things go.

I like this interpretation from cpfs that he didn’t miss, it’s yibo, if he wants to do it 10:05 he will. but he has limits right now, those who know (us cpfs) will get the meaning and understand him. and we do. we always do 💛

•xz molsion live show clues: lego/puzzles, camping and chasing dramas

• xiao zhan calling wyb lai lai ( fake rumor )

• 3/25 XZS post where the 380 yuan fan makes an appearance and the 8th picture significance

• 3/26 fake rumor 🗣️🗣️🗣️

wls wants xls to call him “gege”, xls didn’t, so wls tickled him, xls had no choice so he called wls “gege” softly, after he said it he blushed so hard, and wls didn’t allow us to look 👀.fake rumor don’t believe it

• 3/27 IQIYI livestream/ watch-a-long event with WYB and him smiling when the host said side by side in the snowy mountain part one . part two 💛💛💛

• 3/28 we got to see a VCR of ZZ and his style looks similar to Bobo’s

• new lounge wear brand cp! bananain x miiow 😍😍

• a cute coincidence that in episode 21 of WoF it is revealed that in his hometown, Wei Ruolai has a nickname: “gou gu zai” = Definition: Jiangxi dialect. Refers to a child who has just entered his youth. Young people, they are not deeply involved in the world, but they are full of energy. like a puppy, lively and noisy.

it is exactly like gouzaizai but that one is from Chongqing. i know this is a script and fiction, but the director himself said that when WYB went in as Ruolai, he was inspired by WYB’s personality irl. It also means we were all right, looking at Lai Lai as a puppy during the show.

it’s just so nice to know that GG already found out what WYB’s personality was like early on. that he is a puppy — and feeds more truth to the cpn that GG was the one who gave the 🦴 necklace. a bone for a puppy.

• XZ’s xinxiangyin live “clue” on what activities they do spending time outdoors

-END.

P.S: and that’s the 1st quarter of the year done! just like that! actually, a lot of things happened in the fandom and i’m happy that both the boys continue to be active and we always have content. i also wanna take this time to thank everyone who supports both of them + cpfs who interact with me & my posts i appreciate you! <3 i hope the community here continues to grow and we all have this safe space to be cpfs 🤍🤍🤍

<<< previous month

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do #march cpns

[the-astral-express-archive]

[RAW] Honkai: Star Rail CN | Promotional comic strip for the "Argenti" breed of rose from the Beijing Academy of Garden Sciences collab

Artist: Inkmo

#Honkai Star Rail #Manga - Comic #Yonkoma #Star Rail Collab #Chinese Academy of Garden Sciences Collab #Argenti #Pom-Pom #March 7th

[moonage-nightterrors]

fact: the people of tumblr are nearly all nerds in some way shape or form

observation: despite it being pi day and not in fact the ides of march, ides of march is trending #1 and pi day is trending #9

hypothesis: the people of tumblr are all nerds, but not math nerds. history nerds. the math nerds are off being smart and doing shit, and we’re joking about murdering a man who died over two thousand years ago.

conclusion: we are superior to the math nerds and absolutely correct for this.

#science #totally unbiased scientific experiment here guys #ides of march #pi day #nerds #julius ceaser #julius caesar #history #history nerd

[leflairzone]

Second mech of the week, another squatic boy.

#marchofmecha #mecha #march of robots #marchofrobots2024 #march of robots 2024 #science fiction art #gundam #gundam art #mecha design #mecha art

[breezy-cheezy]

Febuwhump Day 16: Semi-conscious

Listen I know it’s May now. I still wanna finish some of these ideas dangit. Rook blows up an experiment again and Trey attempts to pick up the pieces as a knight does. Rook continues to wax poetic about science as he goes in an out of consciousness, to Trey’s dismay (thanks to my friend Canvas this is the nonsense I think about hhsdhfjksd)

Please don’t tag reblogs of this with ship tags, thanks! This was drawn with platonic intent! ✨

#my art #febuwhump 2023 #I'm just gonna march to the beat of my own drum here mmmmkay #twst #twisted wonderland #day 16 #rook hunt #trey clover #science club #hugs #KINDA #rook rambling about melting points and the warmth of others #trey; HE'S LOST IT #whump #I am once again on my rook trey brotp agenda #thank you for your time #they'll be fine

[arcadebroke]

#Noriyoshi Ohrai #生頼 範義 #ＳＦアドベンチャー #SF Adventure #March 1983 #1983 #scif #art #design #color #style #illustration #character design #science fiction #cover art #graphic design #typography #retro #vintage

[biologist4ever]

#photography #explore #nature #science #adorable #gifs #education #lol #bibionidae #march flies #diptera #pests #insect #entomology #animals #herbivorous #invertebrates #zoology #ecology #flying #wings #wing #slow motion #gif #fly #flight #amazing #awesome