Post #1871138
2026-04-14 10:52 UTC
@leeloo
In my experience most people -- including well-educated people -- have a hazy grasp of physics, then hear credible-sounding people advocating the idea.
Like this from the World Economic Forum:
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/data-centres-space-ai-revolution/
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@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social 2026-04-14 18:10
@elizayer @leeloo @RuthMalan 🙄 Sigh. Have to take them back to grade 6 and explain how a thermos works (again)
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@knowprose@mastodon.social 2026-04-15 13:56
@elizayer @leeloo 1/ This bothered me for a few reasons yesterday. I initially made the same mistake — it was momentary — and I was trained on heat transfer and fluid flow long ago. Fortunately I second guessed myself before I wrote anything. 🤣 There of course is the difference between educated and learned... But there is also the popular understanding of space. Everyone sees people freeze in space in sci-fi. No one sees people boil. And so, maybe that perpetuates it? I don't know.