Ahem...Hambini?

Surely no one can justify listening to lostprophets?

I was saying this long before the noncing

I've only really skimmed the last few pages, but what seems clear to me is the things that really trigger people on this forum are sexism, and pressfit bottom brackets

I'm not a fan of either. I'd like to know who is openly defending either of those subjects.

I think BB30 is good.

Half your income was spend on it, of course you would said this.

I've not had any issues with Pressfit but that's because only the shiny shiny bikes have it and they tend to be treated less like total shite. Generally though I will prefer to thread my BBs in. 68mm BSA vibes are what we prefer here.

T47 is the new normal, hopefully Shimano will release their own T47 BB soon.

T47 is king but thread together BBs for pressfit are just as good

I also never had any issues with BB30 and I installed my bearings with a hammer

Oh yes, Wheel Mfg been a stable presence in my workshop.

They're the top tier but in my experience even the cheap token ones are decent, even if the bearings are not as high quality

Token are fine, it’s just easier to warrant WheelMfg via Madison.

Praxis are much worst.

in the absence of #rep, thanks for improving my week.

I'm not telling you what to enjoy or not, but here's some more information for you to make your own decisions:

1. His death was sadly early in life for a very rich white man living in the USA. He passed away due to cancer at the age of 66. Much younger than the average person of his success and wealth in 2008.

2. In 2004 (aged 62) he published a book called State of Fear about eco warrior terrorists plotting mass murder in their attempts to publicise global warming. The book also contained cliff notes and a 20 page bibliography doubling and tripling down on his belief that humans have not caused the rise in temperatures on earth.

3. On the tour publicising the book, during a question and answer session, he drew an analogy between believers in global warming and Nazi eugenicists. “Auschwitz exists because of politicized science."

4. Jurassic Park the book and the screenplay are Crichton's personal warning against Genetic Science and Genetic Engineering by using an extreme example about dinosaurs. Thanks to both fields of research and production, we have these world changing products and scenarios:
   Disease resistant crops
   High yield crops
   Food quality
   Food volume
   Increase in food security
   Hep B vaccine

5. Michael Crichton was a believer in pseudo science such as telekinesis, astral projection, and auras, and has previously railed against"mainstream science" for writing off these ideas and not giving them the credence they deserve.

The difference between Crichton and Hambini here is that objectively you could say Crichton can write good books and screenplays since he's so successful. However to objectively say Hambini is good would need some sort of external validation that his engineering opinion is indeed correct, rather than a bunch of people watching his videos and saying, hmmm that sounds like it makes sense.

I mean I still can't believe we're even discussing whether it's ok to watch this guy's videos.

The novel phenomenon of cancelling

It's not novel, it's just different from old fashioned cancel culture. In the olden days, established elites did the cancelling based on prejudice (racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia). Social media now means the cancelling is done by the great unwashed, based on ignorance and tribalism.

From our liberal perspective, we might think it's wrong that Josephine Baker had to go to Europe to be respected and right that Joanne Rowling might have to live out her remaining years with a slightly smaller super yacht than might otherwise have been the case had a few people not turned against her mediocre children's books in response to her political views, but objectively they are two sides of the same coin.

BBs don't kill people, dinosaurs do

to objectively say Hambini is good would need some sort of external validation that his engineering opinion is indeed correct

Well, he has his M.Eng., even if his claim to have a Ph.D. is thus far sorely in want of evidence 🙂

BBs don't kill people

Unless fired at sufficient velocity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpGFCX82IQs

If your doc gets the blood bags mixed up on the rest day, that could be a fatal BB too.

It's not ok. He can't be defended.

Ball bag?

T47 is the new normal, hopefully Shimano will release their own T47 BB soon.

With a short spindle crank to bring back heel clearance and put an end to scuffing.

The democratisation of a process creates myriad novel dynamics. Network effects are transcendent.

Transcendent of what?

Edit: removed glib remark

Thanks for the info, interesting stuff!
I don't agree with his beliefs, but don't spend much time being outraged by it.

On point 4, genetic engineering and genetic science is heavily regulated because of all the ethical dilemmas, animal testing, potential issues regarding misuse?
I mean lab mutated viruses and genetic engineered disasters have been a horror film and cautionary tale book staple for years.

And besides, I thought Jurassic Park was more of a cautionary tale about irresponsible innovation, and an extremely wealthy owner's arrogance and pride, rather than the science itself?

Point 5, its pretty common for a sci fi writer to be fascinated by the paranormal/pseudo science. I would have thought a pre requisite for being a sci fi or fantasy writer would include an abnormally high interest in the unknown and make believe.