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So I wondered, if a standard quintessence field alone is not expected to be anisotropic because it is modeled as a homogeneous scalar field across the universe, then are there other theoretical frameworks where a quintessence field could exhibit anisotropic behavior? I had seen something a while ago where researchers are investigating scenarios where a quintessence field within a compact star (like a neutron star) could contribute to anisotropic pressure due to the star's internal structure, leading to an anisotropic manifestation of the quintessence field within that specific region. Beyond my understanding of physics, but could there be some anisotropic stress component in the energy-momentum tensor? Modifying GR? Hahaha!

BTW, if the main facility that is generating quintessence theories is called DESI, then they should have a facility that generates rival vacuum energy theories called LUCY.

This paper considers a field variable over time (not space). https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9505060

Stirring performance, lovely performer, and I loved the top comment which concerns coughing during a performance. (clicking on comments should show it first) I can play Asturias on piano, but on acoustic guitar it sounds so. much. better.

Could energy density vary from one region of space to another?

Be seeing you. I loved that Lotus 7.

Nope, still not seeing the relevance, if this is a politics forum. Seems suitable for speculations on alternate historical timelines, I guess. In Alt 1962, Cuba kept the missiles and Russia launched a nuclear strike again the USA. I'm thinking, again, the standard Herman Kahn scenario would have kicked in and the US would have nuked Russia. Sure, one could nuke Cuba, but seems like those missiles in Laurie's scenario were already launched and so Russian sites would be priority targets rather than the recently emptied silos or launch stands in Cuba.

Well, the question asked (with its original shout uppercase) was... ...ridiculous. Cuba doesn't have Russian missiles. If it did, Cuba would obviously not be our retaliatory target, Russia would. So is the OP asking how we would participate in a 1962 World War Three? Or is OP, based on today's headlines, making an analogy to our supplying Ukraine with ATACMs and greenlighting their use? Legitimate question and call for clarification, imo.

Twas really only mentioning one aspect, as a bit of synecdoche. Resisiting oligarchs and fascists wouid be a vast mosaic of possible choices that citizens make. The problem is people knowing they have choices, i.e. seeing above the ocean of propaganda and marketing they swim in. E.g. a lot of people don't know that over vast stretches of the US, it is cheaper to heat a home with a heat pump than a gas furnace. Or that Biden admin set up generous rebates for it (which may soon go away). When those rebates vanish, people will be pissed, and we will have that Leopards Eating Faces Party thing again. (the meme, for those who missed it, is something like: I never thought leopards would eat MY face, sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces Party.) Sincerely, Shirley Thevat

Would OP kindly clarify what the OP is asking? Tired of guessing.

I like the Keillorian optimism, but would also suggest anyone who can could buy electric mowers, bikes, cars, and heat pumps. IOW make market forces that run counter to MAGAs drillbabydrill agenda. One power late stage capitalism gives we the peeps is to use our money to say no to Trump's "what global warming?" shtick.

Need to make small correction. Secret Agent Man was not played as the opening theme of Danger Man in the UK, only with the US release of the series alternately titled Secret Agent. In the UK, a different theme opened the show.* I'm a Fleck fan. Hidden Land I listened to quite a bit back in the 00s. *later, the secret agent was gassed, abducted to a village, and squeezed by a malevolent weather balloon. That sequel series was my favorite show in my early teens.

Why is this, which I take to be a sixties metaphor, applicable to current events? The US hasn't given Ukraine nukes, but rather longer range conventional missiles.

The Japanese say you cannot know life if you don't know death.

Kid definitely went down to the crossroads. Gave a lesson. Well, virtuoso guitar on a bit less pyrotechnic level, but still very fine picking, is Junior Brown. (check out the change at around 5:00, should be very familiar to UK members)