In fact, a fair number of early American settlers were transportee convicts; the reason Australia became the main destination for British transportees was precisely that America was no longer available after the Revolution.
It's also possible that the transition from prokaryotes+archaea to eukaryotes is a very low-probability event — as far as we know, it only occurred once in the entire history of terrestrial life. See this for details and references.
There's a problem with explanation #1, though: the Nazgul weren't yet mounted on flying creatures when the Quest was planned (or if they were, the good guys didn't know about it yet). Remember that four months later, when Legolas shot down a Nazgul's mount, the Company still didn't know what it was.
But does that make enough difference? IANAL, but my understanding is that the use of weasel words such as "allegedly" is no defense in defamation cases; this sounds all too similar.
Because we don't have any BBP-type formula for pi which works in decimal. (Although there is such a formula for pi**2 which can compute ternary digits!)
Don't confuse technology with application of technology. Its largely because of Hitler's complete incompetence and misuse (resulting in massively wasted resources) that German's superior technology failed to win the war. There are many, many, many books written on this very subject.
And, of course, Arthur C. Clarke said his story "Superiority" was inspired by what happened to German technology in WWII.
For anyone who doesn't get it — google "cdesign proponentsists". It's not a typo in the parent post, it's a sort of transitional fossil between "creationists" and "design proponents".
Well, in this context "west" means "western part of the continent" and "east" means "eastern part of a (different) continent". It has nothing to do with where you happen to be standing.
As others have pointed out, some fields of science do involve "predicting" the past. In such cases, retrodiction or postdiction may be better terms to use.
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I thought the real question was whether it had wings? (And if so, whether they were merely "wings of shadow".)
Sputnik, Vostok, Salyut, etc.
In fact, a fair number of early American settlers were transportee convicts; the reason Australia became the main destination for British transportees was precisely that America was no longer available after the Revolution.
It's also possible that the transition from prokaryotes+archaea to eukaryotes is a very low-probability event — as far as we know, it only occurred once in the entire history of terrestrial life. See this for details and references.
They've already repeated one letter: "Hoary Hedgehog" and "Hardy Heron" each began with the letter "H"!
There's a problem with explanation #1, though: the Nazgul weren't yet mounted on flying creatures when the Quest was planned (or if they were, the good guys didn't know about it yet). Remember that four months later, when Legolas shot down a Nazgul's mount, the Company still didn't know what it was.
Is bemused the right word here? It isn't synonymous with "amused". (Sorry for the pedantry, but I am the penultimate prescriptivist.)
Is this the one you mean?
But does that make enough difference? IANAL, but my understanding is that the use of weasel words such as "allegedly" is no defense in defamation cases; this sounds all too similar.
Dunno about "ahead of their time", though — Joe McCarthy was doing the same nearly sixty years ago, and he was far from the first.
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"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking." — Alfred North Whitehead
Because we don't have any BBP-type formula for pi which works in decimal. (Although there is such a formula for pi**2 which can compute ternary digits!)
Actually, nobody knows whether or not Pi is a normal number. It doesn't follow that it is merely from its irrationality or even transcendence.
And, of course, Arthur C. Clarke said his story "Superiority" was inspired by what happened to German technology in WWII.
For anyone who doesn't get it — google "cdesign proponentsists". It's not a typo in the parent post, it's a sort of transitional fossil between "creationists" and "design proponents".
So do real doctors say that cancer isn't bad?
And 512 atoms ought to be enough for anyone—
It's a crash blossom.
There actually is such a thing, but it doesn't seem to have taken off.
Well, spin in quantum mechanics isn't quite the same thing as classical angular momentum.
Perhaps "nonrational" is the word you want?
Finally! A case where "queue" really is more apropriate than "cue"!
Well, in this context "west" means "western part of the continent" and "east" means "eastern part of a (different) continent". It has nothing to do with where you happen to be standing.
As others have pointed out, some fields of science do involve "predicting" the past. In such cases, retrodiction or postdiction may be better terms to use.