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Have to add another one that I saw sort of recently: A reaction video from a channel normally about craftsman work, but he was watching video of the building of the Empire State Building in 1932. His professional amazement and constant pausing and commenting gives so much more than the original video, which is great in of itself.

Moving History is an interesting channel that recently has been using the latest AI to bring old pictures to life. All of the videos are great with minor nitpicks from the commentary on how smiles, teeth, and other details are a bit too perfect and similar due to limitations of that AI. But this one was probably my favorite, not just from the animation of the oldest photographs we have, but from the existential thoughts given:

Almost all of us are in the same boat of living our brief lives and then after a while being forgotten. We're not famous enough to be preserved in some history book. These people only had a couple of minutes of their time preserved in a single picture, but only seen by few, until now. Now they're remembered by thousands or more, anyone who sees the video.

Also been seeing a lot more of vintage footage circa 1900 on Youtube of video of various things, almost lost but recovered, enhanced, and colorized by AI tools. This is a good purpose for that technology.

Correct. Same reason why most products in cans or bottles come in similar sizes. The cost for packaging and shipping has been minimized over time. There will be outliers, usually to try and stand out on the shelf. For unseen online shipping, the cheaper mass production is best, even if they're shipping air and it's wasted space. It cost them less.

Yes. That's why I said what I said in the parentheses, different beliefs have different afterlife ideas, some may not have a hell but might have other punishments. The point was a relationship where one or both thinks the other is going to suffer later but is okay with it can't be very deep. If it's a religion where there isn't such a thing, then there isn't a conflict (at least not in that sense).

my preferred answer

We just didn't find the dice.

I think the biggest problem is when one partner believes that the other is condemned for eternity in some way (not just a hell, but also other forms like reincarnation to a lower state or anything else deemed bad)...and either they spend the relationship trying to change the other person and probably ruining it, or worse, they accept that fate for someone they claim to love.

As an atheist, I don't have that concern that my loved one is doomed to torment somehow, I just have the here and now to try and make their life with me as pleasant as I can. There is the issue of whether or not an atheist could live with someone whose rational is governed by beliefs that affect their judgement, either like mentioned above trying to convert them for their sake, or in other ways where religion steers them vs. having their own thoughts. But for what I think is a large majority, religious people mostly go through the motions if any just to fill some subconscious uncertainty and it's not enough to threaten a relationship with a differing viewpoint.

The human brain is very good at compartmentalizing things to help us get through the day.

Key point. Yes, he's the focus right now, but there's people in the background influencing him as well as people just following orders from him. Lots of guilty people, not just one.

No, what it is is a war. What it is declared is whatever works best for the politicians. It's semantics, but there were no declarations by any officials.

A conflict.

When Worlds Collide was a fun movie that was a double feature shown with the classic War of the Worlds, and had their ship launch via a ramp. The science for such a thing isn't great, but it was the 50s and looked cool then. The biggest problem is the atmosphere thickness at lower levels. During rocket launches you can hear them talk about reaching max q, or maximum dynamic pressure, where the combination of velocity and air thickness puts the most stress on the structure. Above that it gets easier to go faster, and in the end you need to go fast to avoid falling back down.

Saw a Jason Bourne movie, didn't use the right car.

I don't know... the Moon is beautiful, but George Carlin had a point on worshiping the Sun:

"I've begun worshiping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, and a lovely day. There's no mystery, no one asks for money, I don't have to dress up, and there's no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to 'God' are all answered at about the same 50% rate."