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Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by bee_rider on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:22AM (#36258226)
It is kind of wild that we stumbled upon transmitting information via electromagnetic waves so early on. They seem to be hard to beat.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by thx-2718 on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:11AM (#36259007)
Fortunately for us we can see them.

Gravity waves are much harder to observe.

Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by BurningFrog on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:26PM (#36262844)
You can also argue that we can see them because they are stronger and are evolutionary important.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by mrkstu on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:19PM (#36264293)
Well, I'd call the inner ear an evolutionary response to gravity...
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by db48x on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:11AM (#36259013)
Not unexpected; electromagnetism is 40 orders of magnitude stronger than gravity!
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by jjk166 on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:15AM (#36259086)
It makes sense that the easiest to implement would also be the easiest to learn. It's more shocking just how much harder every other option is.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by comboy on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:36PM (#36262992)
What other options are there apart from mentioned gravity? I mean there are waves in materials like sound but that seem to be easier than EM.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by alach11 on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:39PM (#36264518)
Neutrinos, perhaps.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by comboy on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:33PM (#36265790)
Ah, right, that's indeed high on the difficulty chart.
Re:Freeman Dyson: Gravitational Machines by dekhn on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:46PM (#36260512)
it doesn't seem surprising to me. people were in the lab playing with DC and AC and clearly heard "clicks" from remote instruments that correlated with them turning switches on and off.