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Welcome To Dr. Dennis Bogdan's ("Grandmaster Editor") Talk-Pages


US – Not Too Long Ago
WikiEditor Joanne & WikiEditor Dennis

Welcome!

Hello, Drbogdan, and

welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions
. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a

discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome!   Will Beback  talk  03:30, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Near the top
During a backpacking trip
Enjoying the view from near the top at about 14,000 feet

ART: Renoir's "

Washington, DC – Near My Apartment During My *GW University
* Days.
(NOTE: My Related Clickable "
Luncheon of the Boating Party" Image Effort on Wikipedia is Copied Below - Stay Safe and Healthy !!)

Renoir - Boating PartyAdrien Maggiolo (Italian journalist)Affenpinscher dogAline Charigot (seamstress and Renoir's future wife)Alphonse Fournaise, Jr. (owner's son)Angèle Legault (actress)Charles Ephrussi (art historian)Ellen Andrée (actress)Eugène Pierre Lestringez (bureaucrat)Gustave Caillebotte (artist)Jeanne Samary (actress)Jules Laforgue (poet and critic)LandscapeLandscapeLouise-Alphonsine Fournaise (owner's daughter)Paul Lhote (artist)Baron Raoul Barbier (former mayor of colonial Saigon)SailboatsStill lifeunknown person
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References

References

  1. ^ Bogdan, Dennis (August 1, 2016). "DrBogdan Timelines - What is 'Nature' in Nature Photography? - Ganesh H. Shankar". NatureLyrics.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2023. – Archives: Wayback => https://web.archive.org/web/20180810123152/http://www.naturelyrics.com/pages/articles/nature_photography/nature_in_nature_photography.html / WebCitation => http://www.webcitation.org/71ZFXHQ6y / Perma.cc => https://perma.cc/58SR-BZKL

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"WuXi AppTec" - updates

Hi, I found your name on WikiProject:Pharmacology. Since you are involved in various pharmaceutical and medical-related content, would you mind looking at my latest edit request for WuXi AppTec? Thank you very much! AM WuXi (talk) 07:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AM WuXi: (and others) - Thank You for your comments - and requests - at first glance, your suggested edts seem ok - others may like to comment as well of course - hope this helps in some way - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 13:38, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:Redirects - for discussion
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redirect tests
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

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The Original Barnstar
Thanks for fixing the
JWST
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SmileyShogun (talk) 22:00, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SmileyShogun: Thank You *very much* for the Barnstar Award re the Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine article - it's *Greatly* appreciated - Thanks again - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 22:52, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen Mirage yet? As you know, I like high-minded, but low budget science fiction films. This surely fits the bill. Netflix advertises it as a cross between Doctor Who and The Butterfly Effect, which got my attention! Well, the film was as bad as you might think, but the story and script are fascinating. I'm also curious what could have been done by the writer/director/editor to improve it. Interestingly, Anurag Kashyap remade and adapted it for Indian audiences as Dobaaraa, but I haven't had time to see that yet. Anyway, super interesting film when you consciously ignore all the things that don't make any sense! In other words, popcorn chewing, B movie madness... Viriditas (talk) 23:01, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: - Thanks for suggesting the Mirage film - IMDb rates the film as 7.4/10 - seems interesting - yes - we enjoy thoughtful sci-fi of course - may take a look at the next opportunity - Thanks again - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 23:24, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just keep in mind you will figure out the entire film plot within the first five minutes. I know I did. Viriditas (talk) 23:30, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: (and others) - Thanks for suggesting the "Mirage (SP,2018-7.4/10)" film - yes - interesting (and thoughtful) view of course - for some reason - reminded of several older films, including "Open Your Eyes (SP,1997-7.7)", "Timecrimes (SP,2007-7.1)", "Coherence (US,2013-7.2)" and "Primer (US,2004-6.7)" - Thanks again for the suggestion - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 03:29, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good eye, doc. You never cease to impress me with your penetrating insight. I'm picturing an all-seeing-eye coming out of your forehead. It only occurred to me the next day that the director was trying to share his love of cinema with the audience with homages throughout the film, scenes I didn't really pickup on until I had time to think about. I think the latter part of the climax, with the jumping off of the building, was supposed to be reminiscent of Open Your Eyes. You're way ahead of me, doc. At least give me time to catch up... Viriditas (talk) 08:47, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Viriditas: - Thanks for your comments - yes - noticed the jumping-off similarities at the time of viewing - both films are Spanish sci-fi, a notion which may have been somewhat at play I would think - iac - Thanks again - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 12:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Book "
How Life Works
"
(2023) worth considering?

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How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology" (2023) by Philip Ball (editor of the journal Nature) may be worth considering?[1] - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 12:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
]

Drbogdan (talk) 12:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Having already added the book at
How Life Works as a redirect to Life. Do you still feel that is a good idea? Incidentally, my edition (Piccador) gives the date of the US and UK editions as 2023. PJTraill (talk) 20:39, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
]
@PJTraill: - Thank You for your comments - and question re the redirect - it's *entirely* ok with me to retarget the redirect from Life to some other WikiPage if you like - no problem whartsoever - improving the ref and related is also *entirely* ok with me - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 20:50, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@
WP:RDR" from "Life" to "Philip Ball#Books" - maybe better - ok with me to rv/adj/ce or otherwise of course - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 12:20, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Please see my related discussions at the following: "Talk:Abiogenesis#Book "How Life Works" (2023) worth considering?", "Talk:Abiogenesis#Life Began in a Shallow Lake?" and "Talk:Abiogenesis#Cosmic dust particles spread life to Earth - and elsewhere?" - iac - Stay Safe and healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Copied from "Talk:Abiogenesis#Cosmic dust particles spread life to Earth - and elsewhere?" - 20240327)

Cosmic dust particles spread life to Earth - and elsewhere?

New studies (2/18/2024)[1][2] seem to provide support for the notion that panspermia may have been a way that life began on Earth? - Comments Welcome - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 18:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drbogdan (talk) 18:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some people had a heavy night's drinking and some loose chat at a cosmology conference? Seriously, there's nothing new here. There's no suggestion cells could survive on dust impacting Earth's atmosphere – the results are predictably fiery. Could chemicals arrive? Sure, they do that all the time, as the article already accepts; but a wide range of organic molecules were certainly synthesized by processes on the early Earth, as the article also discusses, so the panspermo-dustio-chemo-theory brings precisely nothing to the table. Sorry but we can do better than this, and it's a waste of time on the talk page, too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:13, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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LUCA-related?) materials throughout the cosmos I would think - there may be other ways (maybe not yet thought about for one reason or another) as well - I would think a miniscule amount of such material (maybe even a single reproducible molecule?) may be sufficient to start the entire process going if settled in a life-friendly location within the universe - with an estimated 1024 stars and Earthlike planets in the observable universe,[1][2][3] there may be an astronomical amount of life-friendly locations available - to and fro so-to-speak - in any case - Thanks again for all your comments - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 21:44, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
]

Well, panspermia simply means "abiogenesis upon another planet". tgeorgescu (talk) 22:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - life either began de novo on Earth - or started elsewhere - and was transported to Earth by panspermia - that's ultimately the concern of many these days I would think - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 01:34, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neither I nor (more importantly) the article "rule it out completely". My point was and is that the article covers the subject already; further, it's more than adequately treated in the subsidiary articles on panspermia and pseudo-panspermia. Already. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Chiswick Chap: - re: "rule it out completely" - sorry - my phrase was intended to be academic, and not at all otherwise - seems my wording could have been better - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 14:58, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First we should determine with some certainty that Mars, Venus, or perhaps the Moon were habitable and had life in the past. Then we may discuss panspermia, if life migrated from one of those celestial bodies to Earth, or the other way. Otherwise, talking about it is like discussing the sex of angels. Panspermia can not work from one planetary system to the next, simply because of the distances and times involved. Let's assume that there was a planet with life in the Alpha Centauri planetary system, the one closest to us, and a meteorite is ejected from it, with some of its local life on it. And let's assume that it's not just any life, but one of those extremophiles who can survive in really harsh conditions. And let's assume that they survive the planetary ejection. And let's assume that they have enough protection to survive the conditions of outer space. Yes, I know, too many assumptions (and that means, too many factors that may not go as desired). Well, even if by some miracle that meteorite heads in the direction towards us, it would take it tens of thousands of years to arrive... and what kind of life could survive that long? Cambalachero (talk) 13:24, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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life forms - panspermia may be easier than some may think - and life, like water, may find a way, so-to-speak - and may have found such a way much earlier in the history of Earth as well - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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That may happen, yes, but again, wait until we find life on Mars before discussing if it's native life, natural or artificial panspermia. Otherwise, there's no point to it. Besides, this is the talk page of the article about abiogenesis, and that scenario would have nothing to do with it. Cambalachero (talk) 02:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Staff (2020). "How many stars are there in the Universe?". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ Mackie, Glen (1 February 2002). "To see the Universe in a Grain of Taranaki Sand". Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ Mack, Eric (19 March 2015). "There may be more Earth-like planets than grains of sand on all our beaches - New research contends that the Milky Way alone is flush with billions of potentially habitable planets -- and that's just one sliver of the universe". CNET. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ Kolata, Gina. "In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria". Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

Hi Drbogdan. I wonder if you could take a look at my recent edit request posted at Talk:Viatris#Update_History_section. You must scroll down a bit because I inadvertently left out a new heading for the new request. Thanks again, PittGuy123ABC (talk) 16:25, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:CONSENSUS - hope this helps in some way - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 16:54, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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@Viriditas: (and others) - Seems recent news (2/9/2024)[1] presents the latest goings-on with the upcoming showings of the two "Three-Body Problem" TV miniseries --
in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 07:29, 10 February 2024

  • Thank you, doc. I don't know how they will improve on the Chinese-language version; I really liked it. My only complaint is that the CGI was pretty bad, and given the artistry and talent of the cast and crew, and the resources available to the production, it seems unusual to me that they go this route. I'm wondering if I might have misinterpreted this. For example, because the majority of the CGI takes place within the game world, perhaps they wanted the audience to be reminded that it was a game, and this makes a lot of sense once I think about it, but the graphics bothered me to the point where I found it annoying. Not sure if this is just my personal hangup or what. Viriditas (talk) 09:09, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Viriditas: - *Entirely* agree - the CGI graphics could have been much, much better in the original CH version - and still suggest game-world-play I would think - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 12:28, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note, I just watched Sam Esmail's Leave the World Behind. Very, very disappointing. First of all, I'm a huge fan of Esmail, so I don't really know what happened here. And the cast is superb. The only thing I can figure is that maybe Sam shouldn't have adapted it from the novel, I don't know. I've seen this kind of thing happen before. The art of adapting a novel to the screen is very difficult. I was surprised that the original writer, Rumaan Alam, wasn't involved. IMO, the script was terrible. Surely Sam is smart enough to know that this kind of story had been done a thousand times before. I'm curious what type of person this film appeals to; maybe someone who has never seen a science fiction film before? I don't get it. The whole thing was a waste of my time, I'm sorry to say. Viriditas (talk) 06:44, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: (and others) - Several recently reported technical articles[2][3] about the three-body problem seem to be on the road to a possible solution? - iac- Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 01:41, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: (and others) - Another related reference[4] - suggests the Netflex 8-part miniseries (season 1) to be broadcast on 21 March 2024 - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 13:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I've got the reminder set on my Netflix. Not sure how they are going to beat the Chinese language version. Viriditas (talk) 19:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm three episodes in and dreading watching the rest. The original Chinese production is leaps and bounds above this dreck. Viriditas (talk) 22:13, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: (and others) - NOTE: Added the following text/ref to the "3 Body Problem (TV series)#Future" article => "Although a second season has yet to be renewed as of March 22, 2024, as many as four seasons (or more seasons?) may be possible."[5][6] - Additionaly - USA version = 489 mins (8x60) (33% LESS time than CH version) IMDb rated 7.6/10 / CH version = 1350 mins (30x45) - IMDb rated 7.6/10 - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 11:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Viriditas: (and others) - We're now finished with all 30 eps of the CH version of the Three-Body Problem TV adaptation, and we're currently done with all 8 eps [now updated] of the USA version - we think both versions are good (not excellent), but involve different styles of the original source material - an overview of the entire USA version (including possible future seasons 3 & 4 ?) may be well presented in a recent Esquire review article[7] - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 15:42, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made it to episode four last night. It's just incredibly boring compared to the Chinese version. Viriditas (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Hibberd, James (9 February 2024). "Peacock to Stream Adaptation of 'Three-Body Problem' Ahead of Rival Netflix Version - The other 'Three-Body Problem' adaptation is coming to Peacock before Netflix's big-budget version from the 'Game of Thrones' creators". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ Bui, Hoai-Tran (9 March 2024). "Netflix's 3 Body Problem Flattens a Singular Sci-Fi Saga - Liu Cixin's acclaimed sci-fi epic gets the event TV treatment, for better and for worse". Inverse. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ^ Mercuri, Monica (22 March 2024). "Will There Be A '3 Body Problem' Season 2 On Netflix? Here's What To Know". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  6. ^ Tassi, Paul (23 March 2024). "Netflix Is In A Bind With '3 Body Problem' Season 2". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ Britt, Ryan (21 March 2024). "3 Body Problem Season 2: Everything We Know So Far - What does the future hold for the human race? And what about the San-Ti?". Esquire. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

"Three-body problem"

Hi there @

bold. However, afterwards I spotted it was you, and figure you've got a good reason for adding it. Anyway, I've put a note on the talkpage to explain my actions. If you want to re-add it, could you make sure it's clear what it's about and why it's notable? While I'm sure it's valuable work, it feels incremental and a tad recent to me, but I'm no mathematician. In any case, I wanted to give you a heads-up for my rash deletion. :-) Cheers, PLUMBAGO 10:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
]

NOTE: added following reply to => "Talk:Three-body problem#"Solution"?"
@Plumbago: (and others) - Thank You for your comments - and concerns about my somewhat recent edit - and the related undoing/revert of the edit - the related references[1][2] seemed relevant and worth adding to the main "Three-body problem" article but, for one reason or another, may not be in fact - others more knowledgeble about this than I are welcome to comment of course - in any case - hope this helps in some way - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 10:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your edits at the beginning of 2023 on the GPs. I am wondering if you could expand these references for the journals, especially Nature which I can't access, to include a few lines in the section 2023 (address below). I've started this section to include the Rhoads et al. study from January 1, but would like to include some text from your 2 references. (These might be better put in that section rather than at the top). The article needs generally updating, but any JWST data should take precedent. In your own time of course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_galaxy#2023 Cheers Richard Nowell (talk) 11:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Richard Nowell: - Thank You for your comments - and suggestion(s) re the noted refs[1][2] - I'm also unable to track down the full "Nature" article (seems it may have been available earlier) - nonetheless - may have to defer to those more knowledgeable than I am about expanding (and/or updating) the text in the Pea galaxy article - others may do a much better job with this than I would at the moment - iac - Thanks again for your comments and all - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 12:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Drbogdan: - I contacted the author of the Nature article Shannon Hall who gave me a .pdf copy she had, so I can proceed to write a couple of paragraphs. Cheers, Richard Nowell (talk) 23:01, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! You recently added a new theoretical physics paper to

extraordinary claim
and we should wait for more mainstream sources before editing into Wikipedia. Considering it's based on ideas which themselves aren't accepted in astrophysics, I wouldn't hold my breath too tightly on this one. :) Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 16:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Warrenmck: (and others) - Thank You for your comments - and reverts - yes - *entirely* agree - no problem whatsoever - Thanks again for your comments and all - and - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"When did human language begin?"

(Note: Copied from => "User talk:Warrenmck#When did human language begin?"
Thank you for your recent rv of my edit re an approximate starting age for the beginning of human language

responsible scientific literature if possible)? - Thanking you in advance for your reply - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 16:58, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
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