Ooh. Science.

Feb 13, 2006 14:28

Righto. More exciting donut/science interaction at 5 o'clock this thursday; it all sounds a bit like Asimov's Foundation to me. On the other hand, statistical physics is my turf so I might stand a cat in hell's chance of knowing something about it.

The physics of society )

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lwilson February 13 2006, 08:19:55 UTC
I heard that if you stay awake for five days straight you start hallucinating.

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g0ldt00th February 13 2006, 08:20:56 UTC
I've managed three. I will reach this sacred goal one day though. Is it cheating if you use stimulants?

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lwilson February 13 2006, 08:24:24 UTC
I think it might be. They found this out by getting a bunch of students to sit in a room, and if they looked like they were nodding off someone fired a klaxon at them. I've tried it but I always end up thinking "why the fuck am I doing this?" about a day and a half in.

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cr4k February 13 2006, 11:16:14 UTC
I'll see if there are any craters in my schedule around then

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