Loud Metallic Noise Heard at ISS 281
Z4rd0Z writes "Russian Cosmonauts at the International Space Station today heard a loud drumlike noise for the second time since November. The sound seemed to be coming from the same place as before. In February a space walk to find the source of the sound was cut short."
From the write-up... (Score:2, Interesting)
There's only one cosmonaut on the ISS, Alexander Kaleri. The other current occupant, Michael Foale, is an astronaut.
Re:Seriously though... (Score:1, Interesting)
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Why does this disturb you so? Would it be better if I flat out lied and pretended to feel strongly?
Re:How can they hear sounds in VACCUM? (Score:3, Interesting)
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I don't get it. Are you really saying that I should force myself to feel something that I don't naturally feel? Why the hell would I want to work on evoking an emotional reaction that doesn't come naturally to me?
and that baby wasn't a close friend or relative, you'd have a tough time working up the requisite concern to scoop said child off the track.
Where is the emotional response in your baby example?
I'd pick up the baby because I could and it'd make sense to do it. Being horrified about the corpse being pulled out of a car would not make sense at all. I didn't know him, I couldn't have done anything to save him and getting all torn apart over it afterwards wouldn't change anything.
Somehow, you felt that this was a reaction with some exchangeable parity with sincere, if somewhat muffled, sympathy.
Fake sympathy would be the correct term.
It all comes back to the fact that I find it a disgusting habit to display signs of emotions one does not actually feel.
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