Whether you believe in it or not, have you ever had a "psychic" dream or a dream that ended up happening in some capacity? Can you share an example?
I needed a car to drive to work while living in south Florida. I took my entire paycheck and purchased a car from Craigslist. It wasn't in the best condition but I thought it was just cosmetic. As I was driving it to get it licensed, the brakes began to fail. I managed to get everything done and got home safely.That night I dreamt that I was given a choice. I could keep the car and drive it to work but i would get into a collision at the first red light due to the brakes failing. I saw myself hitting a van with kids killing them and myself. The alternative was to let my car get towed. I woke up trying to hit the brakes and screaming in my head to take the car.Just then i hear beeping outside. I pulled back the blinds to see a tow truck taking my car. The next morning as i was taking a taxi to work i saw the same van from my dream with kids. We were stopped behind it and my heart started racing as i remembered the dream and my choice.
How far behind would we be in physics, quantum physics and astronomy if Stephen Hawking never lived? Are there any people in these fields that would have discovered what he did?
I don’t want to sound disrespectful to a great physicist and someone who lived against the odds and had a very successful career as a physicist and populariser of science.However, for perspective, over my career in physics, I never encountered any work by Stephen Hawking, even though I studied and worked in quantum physics related areas.In contrast, one cannot study physics and not encounter the myriad contributions of Einstein littered throughout many different fields outside of relativity theory. Although that’s hardly a fair comparison.If I were to compare to say Feynman, then I would say that Hawking’s contribution is less well known, because most students at least learn about Feynman’s path integral formulation of quantum mechanics and Feynman diagrams.Another great was John Wheeler. Once more, Wheeler seems to pop up throughout quantum mechanics, quantum information, electrodynamics and cosmology. I would rate Wheeler’s influence on physics as significant. Wheeler had so many unique and interesting ideas.In fairness, I never studied astrophysics, where Hawking may be mentioned. I did study general relativity, but the course never included any of Hawking’s work on black holes.Overall, I’d rate Hawking as an important scientist who also popularised physics and whose voice and opinions were heard around the world. He had the opportunity to speak out on matters and have people listen to him. His credentials as a physicist were impressive, but not so much that he overshadowed his contemporaries. He made many important contributions to the interaction of quantum mechanics and general relativity and got to name the as yet untested phenomenon of Hawking radiation. He also wrote a best selling book on the nature of time. By any measure he had a stellar career. The fact that he achieved all of that while being profoundly disabled is quite frankly phenomenal!RIP Stephen Hawking.
What are the most popular anime of all time?
The most popular anime of all time.Let's see:Dragon ball zThe first real long fighting shounen, the dragon ball series is without a doubt one of the most popular and influental titels today. Starting in the 80's and ending in the 90's, It's popularity has never fades ever since. The anime has recently been revived with two movies that broke theater records, and a new series that is airing currently. Dragon ball is so popular, japan has declared may 9th the official Goku holiday.PokemonIf there is an anime that tops dragon ball in popularity, it can be no other than pokemon. Pokemon is the old childhood friend of a lot of kids around the world. The anime is extremely popular among children in both japan and the west, and this makes pokemon one of the most popular anime to have ever run.NarutoThe second coming of dragon ball z. The author being inspired by the dragon ball series, he created his own fighting shounen manga, wich was adapted into an anime.Starting in the early 2000's, it quickly took over the hole dragon ball z left in the anime industry, and became one of the most popular running anime to this day still.One pieceThe never-ending story. The anime began in 1999, and is still running today with no end in sight for both the anime and the manga. The story keeps expanding rather than showing any signs of coming to a closure.Sword art onlineThis anime doesn't deserve it's popularity. The story sucks, the characters sucks, the pacing sucks, it's a horrible anime.The reason it is popular is it's premise, being trapped in an online rpg game, with no way out except to beat all hundred floors. It promises a lot of action, adventure, and relatable gaming references. But it fails to deliver any of it. Instead it delivers a cheap and crappy harem-romance.Yet the premise of being trapped in an online rpg is luring, and this anime has become arguably one of the most popular anime today because of it.Shingeki no kyojinAn anime that aired barely a year ago, Shingeki no kyojin also quickly became one of the most popular airing anime.It's a story filled with action, containing many graphic images of giant humanoid creatures eating humans. The first season has ended a year ago, and it's been promising a second season for a while now.Newcomers to anime today usually start with this anime (and sword art online, wich it doesn't deserve).Those are the most popular ones of all time I think. Of course there are more, but I don't want to make this list too long.