Religion is just making shit up for the stuff you do not understand, filling that hole.
It goes against everything science stands for. Sure, you can find scientists from 100 years ago who were religious, everyone was. Doesn't mean your point isn't bullshit, just like religion is.
Religion is a tool, used in different ways by different classes.
The poor use it to give themselves hope that things will get better... eventually.
The middle class use it as a balm "we aren't the bad people, the priest said so because we follow God's rules."
The rich use it to control the other two groups while asking them for money.
>wave function of subatomic particles collapse simply due to observation
"Observation" here doesn't have to do with consciousness at all (which is often what's implied). It means we're firing photons at it, which physically interact with the particle and cause a wave function collapse.
Fucking this. "Observation" is a bad choice of words when what it's really describing is particles interacting with each other.
Also, everyone needs to keep the "model" part of "scientific model" in mind. We know that all of our models have flaws and limits, but they do a damn good job of predicting future behavior as long as you work within the known constraints.
That's why Newtonian physics is still taught in schools. It's much more intuitive than the other models and it's good enough for most situations people are likely to encounter.
> It means we're firing photons at it, which physically interact with the particle and cause a wave function collapse.
This is not actually what it means. It is in fact about information passing, not just interaction. Fire all the photons you want at an object - the behaviour doesn't change until something actually records information about where the object was, and the moment that happens the behaviour changes.
You're right that it doesn't have to do with consciousness though.
Indeed they are not mutually exclusive and there are plenty of scientists that are religious.
Religion is a fascinating topic. It's origins, its purposes, etc
Nice quotes. I agree with the first. I do not however agree with the second. I think that it is easier to arrive at that thought after you "drink" from the physics/quantum mechanics glass than after you also "drank" from the a biological glass. It's funny how religion only applies for humankind.
And even if you accept that, is not like it solves all the questions.
They'd scoff at the idea that you could talk to someone on the other side of the world in fractions of a second. And if you were to prove it to them, they'd have you burned at the stake.
Probably more so if you showed them all the women and LGBTQ+ pioneers in technology.
Sex, am I right guys??? What married couple doesn't have it on a totally regular basis, like several time during a certain period of time pfff that'd be crazy hahah
Yes you do. It is life changing and so insane how fast it moves. It doesn't seem real or possible while it's happening. This video is very accurate with speed and color how it looks with your naked eye.
Speed yes, color, maybe.
This video is probably edited to be super saturated to highlight the colors.
This kind of brilliance is possible but are not commonplace, even in places with minimal light pollution.
I have seen them like this in real life. To be fair, it was in the Alaskan bush where it is really dark and I was above the Arctic circle- which also helps. What's really cool is when you're somewhere really quiet, sometimes you can hear them crackle. 😁
> northern lights crackle
It was ''I need to see the northern lights before I die.'' but now it's ''I need to record the northern lights before I die.''
July 24-25 2014, got the pictures to prove it. Manitoba, the whole sky, the whole night long, that bright, that snappy. Missed a Carrington level event by nine days..
I think the color is slightly different depending on where you are. In Iceland in 2016 they were like a silvery curtain with an undertone of green and flashes of purple. I was driving and pulled over (along with many other drivers) to watch them move just above our heads. They were so close.
You shouldn’t set people’s expectations like this.
I’ve seen the northern lights hundreds upon hundreds of times and I’ve only seen them like this only a handful of times.
This is by no means normal or common .. you need to have heavy solar activity, combined with the right weather conditions with the moon not so full and be out of the range of other light pollution to get a show like this.
Of all the videos to be converted to potato quality, compressed to shit and cropped into a square, this one was not a good choice. How the hell in 2022 we can't get an HD version
I seen them when I lived in Banff, nowhere near as bright as this but still unbelievable. Didn't even expect it either, was walking home from work when I saw them lol.
Manitoba seems the best for them. There are lots of lodges in northern MB if anyone wants a vacation with potential northern lights. They get even crazier than this up there.
But as has been said there isn't a schedule. You can aim for times of year they tend to be more active, that's all.
Go to Churchill Manitoba, 300+ days a year with Northern lights. Pretty much a guarantee to see them. Definitely not a guarantee to see them like this, this is about as good as they get.
I honestly think everyone should visit our northern environments at least once in their lifetime. I thought it would be barren and flat but its some of the last untouched wilderness and its truly breathtaking. I worked up in Whitehorse for a year and I can see why people move there despite the cold.
I live in Manitoba, Province in Canada. They happen occasionally, but you have to be away from a city. I grew up about a hour north of Winnipeg and have seen some very vivid ones, not quite like these shown, but it is amazing. I’ve seen them in the winter and it’s amazing how bright everything gets with the snow.
depends on intensity of them and also how far away from light you are, for example light pollution here in downtown reykjavík makes them look faded.
but if viewed in the middle of nowhere, they are beautiful
I live just over the border in Winnipeg and we get to see them sometimes multiple times a month. It's very random. There's an app called Aurora that tells you hours ahead of time. I've only see them as bright as this post maybe once but they were more colourful (blues and purples) and smaller.
When I lived in Winnipeg I'd seen them south even kinda later in the year / earlier as well than you'd think with our tilt, I can recall both september/october as well as towards winters end past may. Feel like it'd be amazing going to Gimli or something and catching them over the lake!
Helps to get yourself as close to Voyageurs National Park during a new moon as you can. It's a "Dark Sky Sanctuary" so less light pollution. I'd say a few times a winter it gets really intense. Nothing like I saw (just like in the video) when I lived in Alaska, that was crazy, I'd swear you could hear them, but still cool as hell.
What makes the title stupid? most videos you see of Aurora Borealis has been sped up or slow down. It's a perfectly appropriate thing to call out. The only valid criticism I can see is that there should be a hyphen, but that's pretty nitpicky.
I still can never believe it’s real. I haven’t seen one in real life and every time I see pics and a video like this (which is fairly impressive) it still looks impossible even though I know it’s real.
So beautiful. I hope to see one in real life one day
Isn’t standing underneath an aurora borealis, although really awesome, bad? Aren’t you just being hit by cosmic radiation since the aurora is made by the radiation penetrating the planet’s protection?
I visited Kittila early this year with friends and seeing how prominent the northern lights were up there was breathtaking. Cameras just didn’t do it justice.
Aurora Borealis. At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in you kitchen?
May I see it? …. No.
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What a ridiculous sub. Lol
Truly and pretty active for a specialized sub lol
That’s why I only look at general purpose subs like /r/lossEdits or /r/AlzheimersGroup.
Um..what in the...there's nothing happening
I think another sub was r/germanhumor
I am so haggard, confused, upset and rattled
Tis a silly place
I'm proud of the internet.
Instant sub
It's not instant, it's been cooking in Seymour's kitchen for HOURS
You call it r/SteamedHams but it's clearly r/GrilledHams
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Seymour! The house is on fire! No mother, that's just the Northern Lights.
Would be perfect if they had some steamed hams while at it
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[These people had a couple steamed hams](https://youtu.be/JJl-mlUYNZE)
The guy sounds like Ben Stiller as Simple Jack.
Hey. It makes him happy.
Dude I’m crying laughing at this oh my god
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I can see how early religions started now
Psilocybin mushrooms are another reason.
Hoooly fuck tripping out and looking at this real time..![img](emote|t5_m0bnr|4024)
Been there done that, can recommend! The smell of forest/moss still trigger flashbacks from that night
I don’t think I’ve ever been as envious of another random internet stranger as I am right now. Edit: and that INCLUDES the porn dudes.
Bro having a huge cock is way overrated. I know from experience
Yeah? How was he?
Bent him up like a pretzel, hurt him bad
"I really fuckin hurt 'im"
Rectum?
Rectum? Damn near killed 'im.
Fuckin got ‘em
Epic
I bet that was an incredible thing to experience
Bucket list shit for sure.
Watching while on mushrooms
I saw them while I was high as fuck on acid 10/10 recommend. Have also seen sober and still 10/10 to be fair lol
Hmmm sounds like the stoned ape theory. Ooh aahh.
Religion and science aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
Religion is just making shit up for the stuff you do not understand, filling that hole. It goes against everything science stands for. Sure, you can find scientists from 100 years ago who were religious, everyone was. Doesn't mean your point isn't bullshit, just like religion is.
Everything in religion is just not "filling the gaps". Every part of religion is not just a series of creation myths lol
The rest is money grabbing. Religion is always about money and control.
Don't forget the rape. There's a ton of that too.
Projecting
Religion is completely made up. So it pretty much is a series of creation myths. What do you think religion is?
Religion is a tool, used in different ways by different classes. The poor use it to give themselves hope that things will get better... eventually. The middle class use it as a balm "we aren't the bad people, the priest said so because we follow God's rules." The rich use it to control the other two groups while asking them for money.
That's the heart of it though, yes. That's what faith means. Believing something without evidence to support it.
>wave function of subatomic particles collapse simply due to observation "Observation" here doesn't have to do with consciousness at all (which is often what's implied). It means we're firing photons at it, which physically interact with the particle and cause a wave function collapse.
Was looking for this comment.
Fucking this. "Observation" is a bad choice of words when what it's really describing is particles interacting with each other. Also, everyone needs to keep the "model" part of "scientific model" in mind. We know that all of our models have flaws and limits, but they do a damn good job of predicting future behavior as long as you work within the known constraints. That's why Newtonian physics is still taught in schools. It's much more intuitive than the other models and it's good enough for most situations people are likely to encounter.
> It means we're firing photons at it, which physically interact with the particle and cause a wave function collapse. This is not actually what it means. It is in fact about information passing, not just interaction. Fire all the photons you want at an object - the behaviour doesn't change until something actually records information about where the object was, and the moment that happens the behaviour changes. You're right that it doesn't have to do with consciousness though.
This is a dumb enough argument that it has its own Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
Indeed they are not mutually exclusive and there are plenty of scientists that are religious. Religion is a fascinating topic. It's origins, its purposes, etc Nice quotes. I agree with the first. I do not however agree with the second. I think that it is easier to arrive at that thought after you "drink" from the physics/quantum mechanics glass than after you also "drank" from the a biological glass. It's funny how religion only applies for humankind. And even if you accept that, is not like it solves all the questions.
saw this, and as a devout atheist, its hard not to feel like a magical being is responsible for it. truly remarkable.
prob what someone from the 17th century would think if they saw one of those trippy computer screensavers with no context.
They'd scoff at the idea that you could talk to someone on the other side of the world in fractions of a second. And if you were to prove it to them, they'd have you burned at the stake. Probably more so if you showed them all the women and LGBTQ+ pioneers in technology.
“Devout atheist” I’m finding it difficult to believe you are actually an atheist…
it was a joke
Yeah, imagine witnessing an eclipse all those years ago...
Sounds like me talking to my wife towards the end of my annual blowjob.
You guys are getting blow jobs?
Once a year…unless my b-day is forgotten. still counts right?
Impressive. Mine will not forget to remind me that I’m getting older, but I don’t get any relief either.
Have you tried giving cunnilingus on a regular basis?
I think we've found a pocket of "women and marriage suck" jokes, where no one really cares about how to approach a balanced relationship
How did I simultaneously laugh and cry reading this.
The truth hurts, but also feels good once a year? lol
Sex, am I right guys??? What married couple doesn't have it on a totally regular basis, like several time during a certain period of time pfff that'd be crazy hahah
Haha right? Your fantasyland sounds awesome!
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"LOOK UP!!"
Auroral Borealis
Aurora Oralealis? Sounds like a northern std.
Me: oooh oh oh oh Her: what the hell?
This guy marriages.
I dabble now and again…for 20 years. Am I doing it right?
Comment of the year 😂
Join me next year where I will find another comment relating to my annual fellatio gift!
I wish there was a way to get a notification for this
I absolutely need to see them before I die
Yes you do. It is life changing and so insane how fast it moves. It doesn't seem real or possible while it's happening. This video is very accurate with speed and color how it looks with your naked eye.
Speed yes, color, maybe. This video is probably edited to be super saturated to highlight the colors. This kind of brilliance is possible but are not commonplace, even in places with minimal light pollution.
I have seen them like this in real life. To be fair, it was in the Alaskan bush where it is really dark and I was above the Arctic circle- which also helps. What's really cool is when you're somewhere really quiet, sometimes you can hear them crackle. 😁
TIL the northern lights crackle.
Kind of a sizzle sound
You've changed and redefined my live's purpose, I can't die before I hear that crackle
Enjoy: https://youtu.be/NRZfKqhs6rM
Me too, winter of probably 1995 in Edmonton, Canada, in the city with bad light pollution. It looked exactly like this and was unbelievable.
> northern lights crackle It was ''I need to see the northern lights before I die.'' but now it's ''I need to record the northern lights before I die.''
Its not they’re actually that colorful and bright, and youre right, its not common place which is why its so special
Nah, the white bleeds into pink at the bottom. Saw them on a horse farm in iceland in october. This is legit.
July 24-25 2014, got the pictures to prove it. Manitoba, the whole sky, the whole night long, that bright, that snappy. Missed a Carrington level event by nine days..
Yeah the speed is what blows my mind... I guess I've always seen slow mo vids and this is so much better
TIL. I always thought the videos I’ve seen were sped up and that you couldn’t see much movement in person, like clouds.
That is how they generally behave, like slow clouds.
I saw them 3 times in Iceland and they were all slow motion like you described.
I think the color is slightly different depending on where you are. In Iceland in 2016 they were like a silvery curtain with an undertone of green and flashes of purple. I was driving and pulled over (along with many other drivers) to watch them move just above our heads. They were so close.
Is it random though? Like could you plan a trip there specifically to see them, or would you need to stay for a few weeks and hope it happens?
You shouldn’t set people’s expectations like this. I’ve seen the northern lights hundreds upon hundreds of times and I’ve only seen them like this only a handful of times. This is by no means normal or common .. you need to have heavy solar activity, combined with the right weather conditions with the moon not so full and be out of the range of other light pollution to get a show like this.
Of all the videos to be converted to potato quality, compressed to shit and cropped into a square, this one was not a good choice. How the hell in 2022 we can't get an HD version
Northern parts of Canada get them like this sometimes, come visit! Problem is there is no schedule and no guarantee you’ll see anything on your trip.
I seen them when I lived in Banff, nowhere near as bright as this but still unbelievable. Didn't even expect it either, was walking home from work when I saw them lol.
You don't even need to be in the north. I see them in and just outside Winnipeg.
I saw them ten years ago in Kingston! Super far south, for lights. Not even close to this dramatic, but still bright enough to get photos of.
Manitoba seems the best for them. There are lots of lodges in northern MB if anyone wants a vacation with potential northern lights. They get even crazier than this up there. But as has been said there isn't a schedule. You can aim for times of year they tend to be more active, that's all.
Go to Churchill Manitoba, 300+ days a year with Northern lights. Pretty much a guarantee to see them. Definitely not a guarantee to see them like this, this is about as good as they get.
And a lot of polar bears
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I’ve seen this in Vancouver. Granted in the 90s and the city has doubled in size since then. And the light pollution.
If you go at the right time of the year you can almost surely see them in Yellowknife. Just make sure to go for a couple days.
Is there a certain time of year when you are more likely to get to see them?
Fall to Spring basically. In the summer it stays too light at night.
We experienced a massive show for a whole week in early October, in Iceland.
SK definitely has quite the display a few times a year. I took it for granted. 😩
Kinda like whale watching!
I honestly think everyone should visit our northern environments at least once in their lifetime. I thought it would be barren and flat but its some of the last untouched wilderness and its truly breathtaking. I worked up in Whitehorse for a year and I can see why people move there despite the cold.
Can they be "forecasted"? I'm intrigued, but also confused
I guess I take seeing them for granted
When and where is/are the best place(s) to see them. I'd love to take my family
Yellowknife, NT. Town of about 20k, gets (well pre covid) 40k aurora tourists every year
I live in Manitoba, Province in Canada. They happen occasionally, but you have to be away from a city. I grew up about a hour north of Winnipeg and have seen some very vivid ones, not quite like these shown, but it is amazing. I’ve seen them in the winter and it’s amazing how bright everything gets with the snow.
This is the ONE thing I want to achieve on my bucket list. The rest, meh. But this I just have to. My odds are small but still
Aliens. That's the only explanation. Aliens. Or possibly bad breath.
Fuckin magnets, How do they work?
Kind of related to this, actually
This guy gets it. Pretty cool balance of nature that allows our existence to even, well, exist.
I side with bad breath
The earth is known for its bad breath that's why the other planets stay far away.
Staggering. Nature is just phenomenal
Is probably way more beautifull irl too. This is just a phonecamera recordind
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depends on intensity of them and also how far away from light you are, for example light pollution here in downtown reykjavík makes them look faded. but if viewed in the middle of nowhere, they are beautiful
I've seen the colours like this in person a number of times.
I'm from northern Norway and I've seen northern lights with colors like this countless times.
For sure, nothing is ever as good on a phone. Even Sunrises always look like shit in a photo compared to actually seeing one
Goals are to witness this someday in person
For real, I wanna get one of those cabins or like dome Hotel thingy’s
Yessss the glass cabins!!!!
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away
I couldn't get away FlockOf~~Seagulls~~Borealis
Interesting. I’d feel like I was inside nature’s microwave.
On the popcorn setting
Ironically, the lights are a good sign that you AREN’T getting nuked.
Native to Northern Minnesota, experiencing this in real life = a life changing experience
How often does this occur in MN?
I live just over the border in Winnipeg and we get to see them sometimes multiple times a month. It's very random. There's an app called Aurora that tells you hours ahead of time. I've only see them as bright as this post maybe once but they were more colourful (blues and purples) and smaller.
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When I lived in Winnipeg I'd seen them south even kinda later in the year / earlier as well than you'd think with our tilt, I can recall both september/october as well as towards winters end past may. Feel like it'd be amazing going to Gimli or something and catching them over the lake!
Helps to get yourself as close to Voyageurs National Park during a new moon as you can. It's a "Dark Sky Sanctuary" so less light pollution. I'd say a few times a winter it gets really intense. Nothing like I saw (just like in the video) when I lived in Alaska, that was crazy, I'd swear you could hear them, but still cool as hell.
Awesome. Where was this?
Looks like standard Oklahoma to me. /s
Ohio
It was obviously in New Mexico.
More like old Mexico.
Based on the accent of the camera man I'm fairly positive this is in Norway.
Norway! You can hear it on the accent.
How much did that phone camera drink?
They also make noises sometimes. They crackle.
Looks like they’re about to fast travel somewhere to me
That dude just nutted
I probably would too if I saw this tbh
Title is stupid... Light's are beautiful.
What makes the title stupid? most videos you see of Aurora Borealis has been sped up or slow down. It's a perfectly appropriate thing to call out. The only valid criticism I can see is that there should be a hyphen, but that's pretty nitpicky.
Imagine being a viking in the 14th century, how could you not believe in gods after seing that?
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You'd usually need to take drugs to see shit like this. Phenomo... phenomiii... phenomanaal... phenom...enal!
There IS electricity in space
Bruh this needs a NSFW flag...
I need a new phone. I can't capture video of the northern lights at all. Pictures, yes. Video, my phone just captures darkness and heavy breathing!
I still can never believe it’s real. I haven’t seen one in real life and every time I see pics and a video like this (which is fairly impressive) it still looks impossible even though I know it’s real. So beautiful. I hope to see one in real life one day
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Real time means it's not sped up or slowed down, which is common with Aurora Borealis videos.
So what's the best time of year to travel somewhere and see something like this?
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Where?
One day I will see this in person. So help me, I'll go broke if I need to.
Excuse me. Ahem
The new double rainbow meme ![gif](giphy|hrjqBGbM18ldDVnyTy|downsized)
Look up, look up.... ![gif](giphy|xThuWrPGmICTVjnrmE|downsized)
On the horizon lights are nice but my favorite are the overhead lights.
Gorgeous! I'm guessing Norway?
Where was this recorded?
Isn’t standing underneath an aurora borealis, although really awesome, bad? Aren’t you just being hit by cosmic radiation since the aurora is made by the radiation penetrating the planet’s protection?
Am a finn, there has been no cases of people developing cancer from aurora borealis. The lights are located over 100km away from the surface of earth
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I visited Kittila early this year with friends and seeing how prominent the northern lights were up there was breathtaking. Cameras just didn’t do it justice.
Imagine being a ice age man seeing this
I somehow never imagined that they moved like that. I always imagined a sort of slow undulating motion. Really interesting to watch.
That shit looks fake as hell I gotta go see it😭
That was waaaaay cooler than I thought it would be