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The efforts to compatibly describe gravity and the other fundamental forces all seem to start with a quantum description, and then try to incorporate gravity using the notions and terminology from QM. Why is it not the other way around? That is, instead of "quantum gravity" why not "general relativistic electroweak," etc?

I guess Kaluza Klein theory was some early work along those lines, but you doesn't hear much about that any more. What happened to it?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Do you like games? Then you'll love re-reading the exact same comment dozens of times. Roughly 50 as of this post, and climbing.

I'm a non-Facebooker, and I'm interested in ToR's thoughts on FB and how it relates to reddit.

• Why are threads from Facebook specifically reposted so much more often than threads from any other forum?
• Why are FB threads so often hostile or nearly hostile? Aren't the people you're talking to supposed to be your friends?
• When you meet these people in real life, does the Facebook hostility translate into real-life tension? Or is it ignored/laughed off?
• Exactly what sort of relationship is implied from being a "Facebook friend?"

Thanks for your thoughts ToR!

I was checking into a hotel in Washington DC, when I saw them. The man wore casual clothes in an unremarkable American style, but she wore a long black dress that covered her body, and a mask that covered her hair and face, leaving only a narrow slit for her eyes. It was revelatory to see it in person for the first time, and here's why.

Previously, I thought that the hijab was merely a way to exert control over women. But as her husband checked into the hotel, I realize that it is also a tool for isolating women. If you wear a niqab, nobody can see you smile, smirk, or frown. That fleeting connection with strangers becomes that much more difficult to reach. Your body language and emot

...by deflecting a demoman's grenade mid-flight. At least I think that's what I saw.

Is that really possible? Has anyone else see this before?

Other than laugh my ass off, I mean. Seriously, what's the best course of action?