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The Physics industry is broken.

The 20th Century was the Century of Physics.  In 1905, Einstein published his “Special Theory of Relativity”, and up to about World War 2, modern physics was established.  Very little of modern physics corresponds with what we experience in daily life, but it’s been experimentally verified and is used in current technology.

Physicists like Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, and others debated the new theories, and tried to make some sense of the universe.

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Study says you should get a cat if you want.

Science Alert: Owning a cat could make you a schizophrenic

Having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders, according to a recent study.

Full disclosure:  I am biased against cats.  I am convinced that having a cat isn’t nearly as good as having Sparky.  Except for barn cats.  If I had a real barn, I’d have barn cats.

Even with my bias, if a person wants a cat, don’t worry about this study.  The risk of schizophrenia is seven in a thousand.  A fourteen in a thousand chance is very low, and other risk factors are more pertinent.

Habitually smoking a mess of pot increases the risk about as much.

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