More information from Australia, if anyone's as morbidly curious as I was. Do not click unless you crave depression.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/child-sex-dolls-sold-on-temu-and-shein/105636720?future=true
He looks really happy. I wish him well.
Penis envy is a theoretical stage in female psychosexual development that occurs when they realize they don't have a penis.
The idea of pre-pubescent viet cong girls running around collecting soldier cocks in the night is even more terrifying.
Yes, I know, which is why I brought up the idea of inconsistent physics between universes.
I'm not questioning whether the paper's math is accurate. We both seem to agree the hypothesis can't be proven in the first place.
I am treating it as a thought experiment, which is why I'm questioning how math can prove a negative to a fairly ambiguous question in the first place.
It's in the realm of disproving determinism and flying spaghetti monsters.
What is the main point of the thought experiment?
If we consider a possibility from all sides, then whether or not we could similate a universe that follows different physics is one of those sides. We don't have the power to do that, but we can create programs that simulate different physics. Stands to reason that not every universe may follow the same fundamental laws.
I don't agree that it's equally unlikely to be the first as the last, either, if the universes branch off. A tree has thousands of leaves and only one trunk.
Doesn't this assume all universes follow the same physical rules?
Yes! This is called 5BX if anyone wants to look for books and modern resources. There are apps for it, too.
Those are very small condoms. Are we sure they're not for the pokemon?
No you're nice.
This is how I feel about windchimes. Take them the fuck inside and put em in front of a fan if you need to hear tinkly sounds all the goddamn time.
I don't think either of us are saying it should happen. It was more of a tongue in cheek joke about how paedophiles are being used to justify censorship, identity politics and restrict freedoms.
I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment but some governments were looking into ways to tag everything made on a 3D printer so it could be traced back to an owner, but that was because of ghost guns. I don't agree with that, either.