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1. This is kind of cool... NASA's LIST OF PLAUSIBLE TECHNOLOGY TERMS YOU CAN USE IN SCIENCE FICTION Go. NASA.
2. Fantasy Science Pt. 27 - The Science Fiction Writers Guide to Quantum Physics
In this twenty-seventh part of the series published on the second Tuesday of every month, we are going to do something a little different! I have put together The Sci-fi Writer’s Guide to Quantum Physics for the writers among you. Whether you’re writing a screenplay, looking for an idea for your next short story, or simply hoping to add a little quantum oomph to your novel, this guide is perfect for you! It’s meant to be the tip of the iceberg, a quick cheat sheet of sorts for you to glance at when you want to learn or remember a concept in quantum physics. It covers the most commonly used terms in popular culture, and is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to the whole subject.
The goal is to allow you to start from a factual origin in order to extrapolate to ‘believable unbelievability’, the way a lot of fantastic science fiction does, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to The Wheel of Time to Doctor Who. As the Dalai Lama once said, “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
Included is a handful of potentially useful quantum phenomena, how they may be explored in fiction, and some fictional writing prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
The guide is included in a PDF that you can click on and save to your computer.
3. Essential Reading on the CoronaVirus - for those who aren't burned out on it, like I am.
4. You're a Completely Different Person at 14 and 77 - the Longest Running Personality Study that There EVER WAS.
Coworker: You're personality never changes. People don't change, they stay the same.
ME: Not true, but you're not quite old enough to have figured that out yet.
It's true. I didn't figure it out until I hit my 40s. And I realized that my personality had in some respects changed, yet again. Life is not static, it is forever changing.
5. I still haven't gotten my Imperfect Foods delivery, damn it. It was scheduled for Thursday. I received an email on Thursday to expect it today. It's not here, and there's no followup email. I sent an email to them to check on it. This is my response:
Thanks for reaching out.
As demand continues to rise we're doing everything possible to make sure your delivery arrives on your delivery day, but we do expect to see some delays. We’re doing our best to communicate the status of your order via email should your order be impacted, so please be sure to check your email associated with your Imperfect account as we may have already sent you an update. If not, we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Thanks so much for your flexibility and patience during this time!
Now, I feel guilty and don't know what to do. The good news is they won't charge me until a day after it arrives. It's just a pending charge on my credit card at the moment. Not a fully authorized one. The bad news is this may require another run to the grocery store. Sigh.
When did getting groceries become so stressful? Oh, yes, around March 1, 2020.
6. Apparently Florida's Virus Cases Jumped, and the Governor - reopened the beaches in Jacksonville Florida, which were packed
IS this true? Because dear lord. [ETA: My Aunt M in Florida stated" "Yes, of course it is true. It's Florida. And our cases spiked to 1400 in a day."]
Note? The Mayor of NYC announced that all city pools and beaches would be closed for the summer and not be opened this year for fear of over-crowding- and crowds cause the virus to spread.
See? New Rochelle scared the hell out of NY, but apparently it didn't scare a lot of other people. (What happened in New Rochelle scared me, it should scare you. New Rochelle is not an urban area. IT is NOT densely populated. It's an upper income suburb of New York north of the city, borders New Jersey, and Westchester. It doesn't have a huge population.
This is what happened - a man got sick. He didn't know what he had. He thought it was a bad cold. But it got worse and worse. He went to work. He went to a funeral. He went to the synagogue. He went to a friend's birthday party. He went to a school event. He had no contact with anyone from China, no international travelers, nothing. They refused to test him for the virus. But then everyone he was in direct contact got sick - the neighbor who drove him to the hospital, his wife, his kids, all the people at the funeral, all the people at the birthday party, everyone in the synagogue, everyone at the school event and everyone that came into contact with those people. They had to quarantine the entire area, all the schools his kids went to, his office, and they still couldn't stop the spread. And he ended up in the ICU. NY decided to test for the virus on its own, when the CDC refused - because he'd had no known international contact and it had spread, and when they began to ask everyone who got it to tell them who they'd been in contact with and tested those folks - they discovered everyone who'd been in contact had the virus. It had a carrier pigeon aspect, some people showed no symptoms yet they infected other people, who died of it. So, NY shut down faster than anyone else when they figured it out. They may not have been the first to shut down, but they were the fastest.
With further testing, NY figured out something the CDC hadn't yet figured out - that there were two strains of the virus. One came from China, one from Europe. The one in Europe was the same, but slightly different. It meant that the virus wasn't just coming from China, but also from Europe and you could get it without having any interaction with China. Then they found out that there were a lot of cases they couldn't trace to either.
And they are being careful. They are testing like crazy. I've never been more proud of New York State. And happier with our leadership. They aren't perfect but they are doing everything in their power to protect the people of their state.
Some States haven't figured it out yet. But they will. I'm thinking some people aren't scared enough. Time to scare the fucking bejeesus out of them.
7. How to Grow Vegetables From Kitchen Scraps
See, you don't need to buy seeds, you can do it from the left-overs.
2. Fantasy Science Pt. 27 - The Science Fiction Writers Guide to Quantum Physics
In this twenty-seventh part of the series published on the second Tuesday of every month, we are going to do something a little different! I have put together The Sci-fi Writer’s Guide to Quantum Physics for the writers among you. Whether you’re writing a screenplay, looking for an idea for your next short story, or simply hoping to add a little quantum oomph to your novel, this guide is perfect for you! It’s meant to be the tip of the iceberg, a quick cheat sheet of sorts for you to glance at when you want to learn or remember a concept in quantum physics. It covers the most commonly used terms in popular culture, and is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to the whole subject.
The goal is to allow you to start from a factual origin in order to extrapolate to ‘believable unbelievability’, the way a lot of fantastic science fiction does, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to The Wheel of Time to Doctor Who. As the Dalai Lama once said, “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
Included is a handful of potentially useful quantum phenomena, how they may be explored in fiction, and some fictional writing prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
The guide is included in a PDF that you can click on and save to your computer.
3. Essential Reading on the CoronaVirus - for those who aren't burned out on it, like I am.
4. You're a Completely Different Person at 14 and 77 - the Longest Running Personality Study that There EVER WAS.
Coworker: You're personality never changes. People don't change, they stay the same.
ME: Not true, but you're not quite old enough to have figured that out yet.
It's true. I didn't figure it out until I hit my 40s. And I realized that my personality had in some respects changed, yet again. Life is not static, it is forever changing.
5. I still haven't gotten my Imperfect Foods delivery, damn it. It was scheduled for Thursday. I received an email on Thursday to expect it today. It's not here, and there's no followup email. I sent an email to them to check on it. This is my response:
Thanks for reaching out.
As demand continues to rise we're doing everything possible to make sure your delivery arrives on your delivery day, but we do expect to see some delays. We’re doing our best to communicate the status of your order via email should your order be impacted, so please be sure to check your email associated with your Imperfect account as we may have already sent you an update. If not, we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Thanks so much for your flexibility and patience during this time!
Now, I feel guilty and don't know what to do. The good news is they won't charge me until a day after it arrives. It's just a pending charge on my credit card at the moment. Not a fully authorized one. The bad news is this may require another run to the grocery store. Sigh.
When did getting groceries become so stressful? Oh, yes, around March 1, 2020.
6. Apparently Florida's Virus Cases Jumped, and the Governor - reopened the beaches in Jacksonville Florida, which were packed
IS this true? Because dear lord. [ETA: My Aunt M in Florida stated" "Yes, of course it is true. It's Florida. And our cases spiked to 1400 in a day."]
Note? The Mayor of NYC announced that all city pools and beaches would be closed for the summer and not be opened this year for fear of over-crowding- and crowds cause the virus to spread.
See? New Rochelle scared the hell out of NY, but apparently it didn't scare a lot of other people. (What happened in New Rochelle scared me, it should scare you. New Rochelle is not an urban area. IT is NOT densely populated. It's an upper income suburb of New York north of the city, borders New Jersey, and Westchester. It doesn't have a huge population.
This is what happened - a man got sick. He didn't know what he had. He thought it was a bad cold. But it got worse and worse. He went to work. He went to a funeral. He went to the synagogue. He went to a friend's birthday party. He went to a school event. He had no contact with anyone from China, no international travelers, nothing. They refused to test him for the virus. But then everyone he was in direct contact got sick - the neighbor who drove him to the hospital, his wife, his kids, all the people at the funeral, all the people at the birthday party, everyone in the synagogue, everyone at the school event and everyone that came into contact with those people. They had to quarantine the entire area, all the schools his kids went to, his office, and they still couldn't stop the spread. And he ended up in the ICU. NY decided to test for the virus on its own, when the CDC refused - because he'd had no known international contact and it had spread, and when they began to ask everyone who got it to tell them who they'd been in contact with and tested those folks - they discovered everyone who'd been in contact had the virus. It had a carrier pigeon aspect, some people showed no symptoms yet they infected other people, who died of it. So, NY shut down faster than anyone else when they figured it out. They may not have been the first to shut down, but they were the fastest.
With further testing, NY figured out something the CDC hadn't yet figured out - that there were two strains of the virus. One came from China, one from Europe. The one in Europe was the same, but slightly different. It meant that the virus wasn't just coming from China, but also from Europe and you could get it without having any interaction with China. Then they found out that there were a lot of cases they couldn't trace to either.
And they are being careful. They are testing like crazy. I've never been more proud of New York State. And happier with our leadership. They aren't perfect but they are doing everything in their power to protect the people of their state.
Some States haven't figured it out yet. But they will. I'm thinking some people aren't scared enough. Time to scare the fucking bejeesus out of them.
7. How to Grow Vegetables From Kitchen Scraps
See, you don't need to buy seeds, you can do it from the left-overs.
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Amazon's deliveries have been weird - some late, some immediate, and not a lot of rhyme or reason to it. (Not groceries - because I can't get a slot for Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods.)
So it may just be the nature of the beast.
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That's not to say that personality can't vary over time. There have been clear cases of people whose personalities changed very suddenly due to medical conditions. But I can say that knowing three friends almost my whole life, they have not changed very much at all, and if I were to rate them on these criteria as well as, say, 4 or 5 other traits, it would probably not be that different. Also, having met a family member a few years ago who I had not seen since she was 14, what struck me is how very much the same she was.
I know that I have certainly changed to some degree from my 14 year old self, but some of these traits might evolve rather naturally with decades of experience (such as self-confidence or desire to learn). I mean, the physical body itself changes a lot between 14 and 77 and our physical self certainly affects our personality as well.
As it happens, it turns out that the cited study itself casts doubt on those findings. "However, a more complex model, controlling rater effects, indicated significant 63-year stability of 1 personality characteristic, Stability of Moods, and near-significant stability of another, Conscientiousness."