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Psychology, evolution, nature/nurture, sex differences, etc. My second book, The Ape That Understood the Universe, hit the shelves in 2018...

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    Steve Stewart-Williams‏ @SteveStuWill 15 Dec 2018

    Wow! "Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion." https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/pendulum-waves …pic.twitter.com/xUEuJCJzLQ

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      2. Scott Wittkopf‏ @bdgrdemocracy 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        Is the pattern of motion repeatable and predictable, or does it change each time?

        3 replies . 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Marc van der Gracht‏ @MarcGr8 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @bdgrdemocracy @SteveStuWill

        When the weights come together in a straight line , the highest ball has made 15 slings more than the lowest. Each higher ball made one sling more to achieve a straight line again. Nice. The pattern is repeatable and predictable.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 39 likes
      4. Marc van der Gracht‏ @MarcGr8 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @MarcGr8 @bdgrdemocracy @SteveStuWill

        Errata: 15 balls, so +14 slings...

        0 replies . 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Autism Amazon‏ @AmazonAutism 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        I want one, but I have cats...

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      2.  🌺‏ @Fran__Gipani 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @Spannerx12

        I wouldn't leave the house if I had this.

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      3.  🌺‏ @Fran__Gipani 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @Fran__Gipani @SteveStuWill

        Where can I buy it please???

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      1. vagrantcow‏ @vagrantcow 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        This and a half ounce of Maui Wowie would about fill the weekend.

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      1. Matt‏ @ratboymatt 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @thegeekout

        I've been watching this for the last 20 hours.

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      2. Edward Turner‏ @EALTurner 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        Which part is the 'random motion'?

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      3. Stephan Bökelmann‏ @MaxClerkwell 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @EALTurner @SteveStuWill

        it's like the "least random" i've ever seen ;)

        0 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Stratstar‏ @TheStratstar 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        Reminds me of this:https://youtu.be/fU6qDeJPT-w 

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      1. JulieB‏ @WarOnWarOff 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @Suspended_Acct

        Used to be a band here called The Standing Waves.

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      2. vedran‏ @vedranASU 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @LeeTremblett

        Isolating waves 🌊

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Moshe L‏ @mosheL451 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @vedranASU @SteveStuWill @LeeTremblett

        I think you mean oscillating waves

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. vedran‏ @vedranASU 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @mosheL451 @SteveStuWill @LeeTremblett

        Yup I think so

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      1. Sean Ongley‏ @SeanOngley 16 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @JonHaidt

        I worry that a flat earther will see this as proof of the illusion of roundness.

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      1. Chris Reynolds‏ @Crey1959 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill

        Wave/particle duality. Not the real test, can they pass through both slits at once?

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      2. Celtic Vision ... by Earth, Sea, & Sky.‏ @CelticVisionOrg 18 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SteveStuWill @Pottedhistory

        None of this is random. Each of the pendulums has its own "natural frequency", regardless of the amplitude of the amplitude. The series of pendulums represents a scale (related series of frequencies). What appears to be "random" behaviors are just discordant harmonies.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Graham Taylor‏ @Pottedhistory 18 Dec 2018
        Replying to @CelticVisionOrg @SteveStuWill

        Indeed.

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