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開卷筆記 – 如果這樣,會怎樣?

XKCD作者的書,他在網上也有經營what-if系列文章(有Feed的,可輕鬆訂閱),這書有當中一些文章,也有一些新的。由讀者來信提出問題,然後作超認真科學討論,自然非常有趣。不單其思考過程裏的理性、科學方法、資料搜查重要,更重要的或許是勇於提出看似無聊問題的創意。又想起一位專門做廢柴機器人的youtuber Simone,過程比目標更重要。

問題可以有多無聊呢?例如只是玩同音字的:1莫耳的鼴鼠(1 mole of moles);可以玩經典說法:突然半杯水;可以很實際:將實物元素放入周期表;可以假想:全地球人集中一處一起跳,或將地球海洋排光光。

原本說這些題目應該是無時間性的,但總有一兩篇會碰上現時情況:雷射筆照月球[1]、消滅普通感冒。

每篇都很容易入口(比起他的正篇XKCD漫畫更容易,因為那是有點geek的),短篇舖舖清,非常適合輕鬆閱讀。


  1. 剛拿了雨果相關作品的Jeannette Ng:

    So I need say, I was born in Hong Kong. Right now, in the most cyberpunk in the city in the world, protesters struggle with the masked, anonymous stormtroopers of an autocratic Empire. They have literally just held her largest illegal gathering in their history. As we speak they are calling for a horological revolution in our time. They have held laser pointers to the skies and tried to to impossibly set alight the stars. I cannot help be proud of them, to cry for them, and to lament their pain.


Note on Apr 16 @08:56


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