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The Speculations forum is provided for those who like to hypothesize new ideas in science. To enrich our discussions above the level of Wild Ass Guesswork (WAG) and give as much meaning as possible to such speculations, we do have some special rules to follow:

  1. Speculations must be backed up by evidence or some sort of proof. If your speculation is untestable, or you don't give us evidence (or a prediction that is testable), your thread will be moved to the Trash Can. If you expect any scientific input, you need to provide a case that science can measure.
  2. Be civil. As wrong as someone might be, there is no reason to insult them, and there's no reason to get angry if someone points out the flaws in your theory, either.
  3. Keep it in the Speculations forum. Don't try to use your pet theory to answer questions in the mainstream science forums, and don't hijack other threads to advertise your new theory.

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  1. What proof is there other than gravitational lensing during a solar eclipse? Consider: a) all the examples of 'gravitational lensing' occuring in pictures taken by hubble are obscured depictions of it, and none show with a decent certainty that gravity is responsible; it could be just as likely that the lensing was caused by light diffracting as it travels through a medium (i.e., space dust). b) a picture of a black hole where light is lensing dramatically due to gravity would be sufficient enough evidence to close the books on this case; unfortunately, Hubble nor anything/anyone else has ever taken a picture of such a thing - every picture you've seen of a black hole …

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  2. Started by travism21,

    one single eternal moment that contains inifinite possibilites? could the atom itself represent this? the nucleus standing for the moment and the electron representing the infinite possibilities?

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  3. Man is a 4D object that manifests itself in the space time continuum. Each cell in a person could be thought to be a "potential" and an aggregate of potentials defines a person.....his personality etc. Hence man although perceived to be independent of space is not quite so. This is my proposition.....

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  4. I was thinking about the now supported imprinted brain theory, which shows that autistic and psychotic conditions are at least somewhat opposed, with autism spectrum conditions resulting from a paternal bias in gene expression, and psychotic or mood disorders from a maternal bias. I wondered whether most variability can be explained by graded characteristics with an optimal inbetween, an optimal point which may covary with the individual's other traits or his environment. For instance, purely anti-autistic selection might have eliminated autism. Instead, perhaps nature wants the right mix of autism and psychosis, and our variability results from nature's inability to g…

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  5. This is something that had been studied by sociologists of science: 1-The Plight of the Obscure Innovator in Science: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/history1.htm " Given these diverse roadblocks against obscure innovators, the surprising thing may well be that some unrenowned innovators, in science at least, have escaped the struggle, not that so many haven't. This note urges a systematic historical study to estimate the incidence of resistance. If such a survey shows that obscurity plus originality often lead to temporary or permanent oblivion, the case for structural reforms in science will become immeasurably stronger than it is now." 2- The Scie…

  6. The notions that we accept today as "verified" by scientific methods are really amazing and we know that these notions had "evolved" with time. The very fact that these notions or worldviews had evolved with time implies that they are really not "definitive", they can change as previous notions had changed. These changes can be just small "adjustments" or could be very deep modifications of some of them, in that case we'll have a "revolution" in our world concepts. The history of science shows that it takes time for some notions to be of general acceptance. All these groundbreaking ideas always found strong resistance from the established social organizations of …

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  7. Lets assume we as humankind can, not only wormhole the spacecraft, but planets and moons. So, what would've happened to Earth if we pulled Europa to be Mars's third moon? What if we moved Titan in between Mars and Jupiter, setting it to orbit the Sun just like a planet. What would've happened to us? I'm also interested on how many of those small moons we can make to orbit Mars, Earth and/or Titan? Such as Iapetus,Rhea,Enceladus,Tethys and Dione. I'm interested in this cause, if we moved those filled with ice moons closer to the sun, we might use our flaming torch to melt it down. If we at first, travel them through portal like structures next to Venus. We can heat it up, …

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  8. OK I've been skeptic about sharing this idea because as far fetched as it is I think I might, Just MIGHT, be on to something if this hasn't already been proposed/discovered, and therefore I claim all credit to this idea if it is original, if not then I need someone to slap me with a newspaper and tell me to do my science homework. So, I was thinking one day and I thought "Hmm.... if there is a point where the gravitational pull of a black hole is exactly equivalent to the speed of light (Event Horizon), would there then be photons orbiting the black hole for eternity and never falling past that point? Well I thought this out and if I'm correct photons are too tiny for tid…

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  9. Started by hakonmagnus,

    EDIT: Not cold fusion, just general fusion Hello everybody, i would like to introduce my project on Fusion. Now i have an on-going funding campaign but it appears I'm not allowed to post the link for it as pointed to me by mods, but i will keep making posts about it so you can watch how my project goes. Cold Fusion is basically nuclear fusion at room temperature. Now for all you scientists out there, i'm certain there will be skeptics about Cold Fusion, many argue that it can never happen based on a couple of reason, but a couple of designs have been made, the Polywell for example. The type i would like to start with is the Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor, and the Polywel…

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  10. Started by tapepatents,

    BLACK HOLES- AN ALTERNATE VIEW The following expresses a different view as to how black holes come into existence and what may cause their demise. First a few statements upon which this thesis is built. 1.If the speed of light was instantaneous all events in the universe would be visible from everywhere. No red shift or blue shift would be apparent. The past wouldn't be visible and the recording of distent events in the universe would exist only on paper. The structure of space would be overwhelmed with chaos. 2. The speed of light has to have a fixed velocity so that different frames of reference can interact with each other and …

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  11. Started by petrushka.googol,

    WYSIWIG stands for what you see is what you get. This applies to computer display monitors. i gather.... Does it apply to humans as well ? Jack Ma. founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba.com says that small people rely on brains rather than brawn. In physics. small people have less mass hence can exert less force, hence cannot "throw their weight around", Hence the concept of the big bully. Also those people who are more attractive can use this quality quite aggressively eg. Marilyn Monroe, Hitler etc. Ugly people are deprived of this weapon. Hence the mind becomes the body and vice versa. Phenotype and Genotype become one and the same. What…

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  12. Started by bascule,

    I'm so goddamn convinced of this and I have no idea why. I guess what I'm asking here is: have you considered the possibility that everything that is happening has already happened over and over again infinitely, and will continue to do so forever?

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  13. Started by jlindgaard,

    @All, I will be banned from this forum and that is okay. It is funny though. To live in America and to have served honorably in the U.S. military but not to have the right to my opinion or free speech. I find it interesting that saying that fluctuating a vacuum is not explaining how an experiment can be performed. It is an attribute that does need to be met. This kind of leaves me wondering how America is leading the world. Then again, I wonder why the moderators of this forum have imperialistic titles attached to themselves. In role playing games, that is not unusual. But in a scientific forum, it is rather odd that titles are used that are not associated with sc…

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  14. Started by jlindgaard,

    Swansont, I am currently working on one project which if successful would allow me to have mainstream scientists involved in my experiment. I am well aware of what is required for a proper demonstration. One of the requirements is that the materials used need to be able to with stand -50° C., maybe a little more or a little less. This is to replicate the upper troposphere. Also, the vacuum in the upper troposphere is above 29 hg's. Currently, all or most vacuum generators rely on wind speed or the venture effect and have not demonstrated creating a vacuum in excess of 29 hg's with a single motion expanding the volume of the cylinder. If you consider the area aroun…

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  15. Started by jlindgaard,

    This post will probably upset some people. This is the speculation part of your forum. It is at present considered that a CO2 molecule has a double covalent. I tend to doubt this. I see no reason why an O2 molecule would go from being ionic to covalent. Why I suspect this is because in photosynthesis and the upper troposphere H2O, CO2, CH2O and O2 are found. Myself, I do not understand why the hydrogen elements would be needing to separate from an oxygen molecule just to reform with it to allow for formaldehyde or glucose. Maybe someone can explain this ?

  16. Started by MomentTheory,

    Hi folks! I'm in the process of putting together a single syllable universal model (theory of everything) based off of a discovery I recently made. I have made a brief video in which I did my best to explain the very, very basics of the experiment I am building my work upon, Moment Theory. The experiment is relative simply based upon this quote found in the back of Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe" where he states -- [see "Notes Chapter 2." The Elegant Universe. Boston: NOVA, 2003. 390-91. Print.] “When light travels through a substance such as air or glass its speed is decreased in roughly the same way that a rock dropped from a cliff is dragged to a s…

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  17. Hi, I'd like to present you a new theory of evolution, which explans the phenomenon of evolution rather be self-references than by the competition, as the standard Darvins' theory does. The text is here: http://zbyszek.evot.org/ebs I'd be pleased by your comments. best, Zbigniew Lisiecki

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  18. If vacuum energy can be increased or decreased by changing the angular momentum of the spinning flux-current field by applying a voltage at right angles to that field then it will have nothing to do with electron particles which only tie the voltage reference point; but be a spinning volume of 3D power existing in unit time. Thus [V*ICos Ø]dt or energy in Watt-seconds/cubic metre will define a unit of magnoflux vacuum energy. As the spin increases per unit volume then the temperature goes up. For a demonstration take a look at

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  19. Consider the following in telescopic/astronomical observations in relation to the redshift: The space is stretched/expanded AND contracted/flattened. MORE is seen at once over [comparatively] a larger/greater distance, and this ALSO involves/constitutes a [comparatively] smaller distance in/of space in order to be able to see/survey such enormous distance at once. The space is stretched/expanded AND contracted/flattened. This clearly relates to and involves gravity/gravitational effect. The cosmological redshift is a gravitational redshift. The increased/increasing invisibility of the space does relate to the increased visibility of the space, and then to the increased…

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  20. I want to comment in the clear "tendency" of associating some anomalies sightings with spiritual/religious meaning, even some "paranormal" phenomena. Before Alchemia was replaced by Chemistry there was a whole mix of hard facts with many "esoteric" recipes, all of that was "simplified" when the scientific method was applied consistently in that area and Chemistry was born as a real scientific discipline. Exactly the same will happen in the area of anomalies studies, the history of science shows clearly that the world is amenable to understanding, even when anomalies had shown some things very hard to "explain" that only implies that our current knowledge of the w…

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  21. Started by Mitch Bass,

    so a source tells me about Velocity x Vector x Volume as something to do with an explanaton for all activity from the macro to the micro...I'm hearing that this explanation allows for easily repicable working models and utilizes not gravity, nor any of the other three forces but yet can mimic all known activity ....comparing the quantum world and relativistic stop making sense as both are considered moving for the same reasons but with only apparent, but not actual, difference in terms of consequential activity. I tried incorporating the VxVxV into a post offering an explanation as to the "erratic " movement of a towel let go. i do not want to be accussed of hijack…

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  22. Full gravity is full distance in/of space as it is seen, felt, AND touched. (Consider the range of gravitational feeling. Just stand up and look directly downward at the fully visible Earth/ground.) This involves a balance of being and experience with fully visible space and full distance in/of space. Space is attached in relation to touch/tactile experience. Note: the Earth/ground is opaque. Look directly overhead at night. Full inertia is outer space. Notice that it is fully detached and fully removed in relation to our touch/tactile experience. Outer space is fully invisible. The direct/full/actual/real/true experience of outer space as it is entirely destroys, elimin…

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  23. Is "education" at all levels fundamentally flawed? The reality of anomalies place a big question mark in many things, independently of their ultimate nature: living entities, manifestations of higher life forms or something entirely different. One of the immediate implications of that reality is the complete failure of the educational system worldwide, it is really telling the fact that it is almost a mathematical rule that the "highest" the educational credentials of a person it will be highest the probability of that person rejecting irrationally the reality of anomalies, it is like the "system" had conditioned these people to reject that reality. What g…

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  24. Started by Wolfhnd,

    The degree or kind debate goes on . Chimps prefer roasted potatoes, hinting at origins of cooking "The animals frequently carried raw food across a room to cooking devices. Some chimps even saved food for later cooking opportunities. Mental abilities such as causal reasoning, self-control and planning enabled these behaviors in chimps, as in humans, the scientists contend." https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/chimps-prefer-roasted-potatoes-hinting-origins-cooking?tgt=nr The authors use of the terms causal reasoning, self-control and planning is sure to raise the hackles of many a philosopher and scientist. The question of how unique human…

  25. Started by Moontanman,

    I know this is a 30 minute video but this guy seems to know what he is talking about and claims to be producing deuterium from regular water via electrolysis. I would really like to know what he is on about. When I was in HS I observed this same effect or at least it looked the same when I was producing chlorine gas. ( I got in trouble for it, lol) Oh well if anyone gets the chance I'd like to know what he is doing...

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