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  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.
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  1. [Note: Although the horrendously inaccurate misuse of the word “metaphysical” has already been addressed in later posts, I’d still like to point out that everywhere I said “metaphysical”, I was actually incorrectly using it as a synonym for “ethereal”. So I actually meant the latter.] Righto, I though "Pseudoscience" would be a good place for this thread, as this involves a completely fictional scientific theory that (as of yet?) has no grounds in actual science. I would pretty much like to change that by making Aether as "scientific" as possible, if only to eliminate glaring errors of scientific logic from my writing. Okay, so Aether is a metaphysical substance/energy/…

  2. Started by Yash,

    So I was just sitting one day when a sudden idea hit me. I have been wondering about it for some days now. We have always been taught that there were 3 dimensions in space. And then time was included as another dimension, creating the concept of SPACETIME. So the idea was that time is one dimension and space is another( not X, Y and Z). That gives us two dimensions. Now, forget about science for a moment. Consider a situation when you hear about something that has occurred, suppose an event where a mouse killed a lion (I know it's insane, but just think of it.). When you hear about it, what will be your response? I'll tell you. You will ask, "When did it happen? Where did…

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  3. A freaky synopsis of my most recent lines of reasoning based on what I've learned about physics and reality. Dark matter is a very mysterious name to give a thing. I decided to start thinking of these matter particles as non electromagnetic atoms, (NEMA's for short). It just doesn't make sense to me that periodic scale should stop at Hydrogen as the smallest atom. According to what I've learned about big bang dynamics, both gravity and the strong force was released from the singularity before electromagnatism. Thus NEMA's probably existed prior to the proton. These atoms are made up of nothing more than gravity, the strong force, and perhaps their heavier counte…

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  4. I am able to prove that the nucleus consists of a central neutron core, of highly organized neutrons. Repulsive protons remain somewhat distant to the core, as far apart as their bond to neutrons in the core allow, forming protonic shell(s). Electrons interact on a one to one basis with the individual protonic Ligands of a structured nucleus- forming nuclear H. Nuclear H in turn can form nuclear covalent bonds, forming nuclear H2, which in chemistry is identified as non bonding pairs of electrons. Each nuclear H is a potential covalent bonding site, where a covalent bond is redefined as the intermittent sharing of a lone electron between one proton of a nuclide and the pr…

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  5. Started by Evangelante,

    Alright, whoever has seen DBZ knows that Vegeta trained in the gravity chamber bulma's dad made for him so that he could get strong at excellerating rates. For those of you who don't know about this thing i'll give a bit of detail.. Imagine an environment where you can control the gravity and how much there is. 2 times earth's gravity, 4 times, 12 times... whatever number you choose The thing is, in this environment you will be able to walk around, exercise, jog if you want to, and so forth. In the show, Vegeta raises the level of gravity in the chamber to become more intense as he becomes stronger so he can gain more physical strength. The idea behind…

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  6. Started by ResistETIntervention,

    This topic is going to stir up quite a bit of controversy in this community. However, I feel it is important to raise awareness of the phenomenon everywhere even if it isn't welcomed. We need to keep an open mind and recognize that human science has not reached the peak of its evolution. I have sighted five UFOs: three (fuchsia, blue, and golden) huge lights on the positions of vertices of a triangle; they were completely stationary for at least fifteen minutes. a brilliant light which reached a superluminal speed within a second or two from a completely stationary position in the sky. a brilliant light which "jumped" from one place to another in the sky, and then …

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  7. Started by too-open-minded,

    So space is expanding, dark energy, and stuff. Now I have my own speculatory idea on as to why space expands which is a combination of things but before I get into that (because I know i'm probably wrong and you guys who actually take your time to learn this stuff get annoyed with me running through big concepts.) Can anyone explain to me the best they can in laymans terms the extent that we know of? I can only learn and comprehend so much off wikipideia.

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  8. Started by truedeity,

    space-time curvature is described with a form of math called stress energy tensors, this math requires the existence of a hypothetical particle called the "graviton" which has no mass and 2 spin as described in einsteins field equations. without this graviton we would not have gravity, this is the theory of relativity which describes the curving of space that gives rise to gravity. what i cant seem to grasp is how particles can describe gravity? i seem to prefer gravity as described by interactions of electromagnetism, it was nikola tesla's announcement of his supposed "dynamic theory of gravity" which first proposed that space is interpenetrated by electromagnetism…

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  9. Started by Interestic,

    We’ll show it who aliens are and why they appear and disappear and what they take people for and why they mow fields and show up frequently before cataclysms and why there are more and more of them. But in order to understand that, you’ll have to go deep into a bunch of questions, without which it will be impossible to See what is hidden behind ghost hunting. We’ll start little by little, but don’t hurry to make conclusions about the sizes of an elephant judging by its tail only. The question is huge, we’ll have to highlight it by fragments, which - as you’ve already understood- if are not covered up with their explanations, are a lie. And so, in order not to become ano…

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  10. Started by Yuri Danoyan,

    Persy Bridgman,American physicist,winner 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics in his book "Dimensional Analysis". was very sceptic and critical about Planck units. I have additional arguments to protect Bridgman's point of view Does all Planck units are sacred or only one? We doesn’t have guarantee G, c, are real constants or not, during the evolution of the Univertse. We doesn’t have guarantee they depend of each other or not,or 2 sides the same coin. Imagine that G and c simultaneously vary….because permitivity of vacuum vary following the evolution. But we believe: 1.Schwarshild black hole R radius G/c^2 2.Planck unit L of length G/c^3 3.Planck unit T of time …

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  11. In the beginning some quote from famous Russian physicist Lev Okun: "As for the fermions of the second and third generations, their role in the world around as appears to be negligible. At first glance, the world would not seem to be any worse if these particle never existed. These particles resemble draft versions that Creator has thrown out as unsuccessful, but that we, using sophysticated instruments have retrieved from the waste basket" L.B. Okun, Particle Physics: The Quest for Substance of Substance,p.33 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/particle-physics-rachel-lee/1028339663?ean=9783718602285 I proposed idea about sense of generations of particles Mass of pro…

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  12. This is a purely imaginative question while I am reading Hawking's books. I am wondering about the whole light being a wave and particle at the same time and string theory; is light like a string through space-time so that in one point of view, light is a particle (cross-section of a string) but light is also a wave (like waves produced on a string)? So just as in the two-slit experiment that showed destructive interference and constructive interference, does this happen to light in the scale of the universe? I am trying to imagine light in the view of string theory with world-sheets having a wave-like properties and ripple effects with destructive and constructive in…

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  13. Does an underlying background vacuum energy exist in space? Is vacuum pressure a push or a pull? ron simple questions deserve simple answers in kind

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  14. Hello, I discovered fact that percentage proportion between matter and space in existence is: Space: 99,9∞% Matter: 0,0∞1%

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  15. Is feedback negative when AB < 0 or when 1/(1 - AB) < 1? Correspondingly, is feedback positive when AB > 0, or when 1/(1 - AB) > 1? I've found nothing but conflicting information on this. Also, while species, hormones, nutrients, and even entire populations are governed via negative feedback, how does one determine what A and B are? In a furnace, for example, governed via a thermostat, this is clearly a negative-feedback system. But what is A in this case, what is B, and which equation quantifies it as a negative-feedback system? AB < 0? Or 1/(1 - AB) < 1? According to my calculations, it's not possible for both equations to be valid. I need …

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  16. Started by Chasteen02,

    I want to start by saying that there is little to no scientific backing for what I'm about to say. I am no physist and I have no ways to prove these theories, This is just some things that I have thought of and seems like it could be viable, atleast to me. My hope is that someone on these boards will either rip my theory to shreds and show me why it is not possible or that someone will give me some kind of scientific backing. Basically I think it is possible that the universe itself is a living organism. I have heard many theories on what a black hole is and what happens inside of one. One thing we do know is that a black hole sucks in all the matter than comes into c…

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  17. The main idea here is that we should go to great lengths to test our laws in physics, 1. against nature. 2. against intuition and logic We have one or both of two alternatives 1. To rigorously check our laws of physics against nature AND/OR 2. Our laws of physics should be based on sound logical consistency. This requirement should be even more tight if we can't test our theories in the laboratory or if there is some (apparent) discrepancy between a law of physics and actual observations. So physicists should either have been able to explain 'elliptic' orbits with (extreme) logical consistency or should have 'explored' the universe to find at lea…

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  18. Started by Bart,

    The clock as the time measurement device is simply a counter of reference pulses, produced by selected timing system (mechanical, electrical, atomic, astronomical), depending on the technology of the clock. The basic unit of time for all clocks, which is the second, is based primarily on astronomical frame of reference as 1/86400 of the Earth day. So defined a second, as a reference unit of time, must always be constant and invariant. It is a fundamental condition that it was possible to measure the true time in any frame of reference. With this in mind, below is presented a simple graphical proof that the interpretation of the theory of relativity in terms of time, st…

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  19. Started by e.brand,

    Opinions, comments or exclamation points. Francesco Celani 1, a stalwart LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions) experimentalist has built a sucessful cold fusion generator that has been giving out 5-10 watts for over 6 weeks. It consists of a glass container filled with hydrogen and containing a long thin nickel-copper wire. He says he had to“pump” it up for 2 days before getting it started. It seems that Celani’s idea is to compress as many protons as possible into the nickel-copper lattices. Roughing up the surface of the wire, as Celani does, helps absorb protons into the lattice more easily. The protons may be compressed enough that they could gain enough electrostati…

  20. (hypothesis against the mainstream) Actual theory accepted today says that dinosaur extinction is by a meteorite but this has many problems. A meteorite could to kill all animals or big animals but extinct all dinosaurs (less birds). Dinosaurs was big and also little (“Dinosaur size” in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_size not say the moment but say that was so little like 30 cm). Dinosaurs only exist on land, in the sea were reptiles. After the extinction not exist none dinosaur, only the birds that are a branch considered a branch of the dinosaurs (“birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur ) So, ask: How is …

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  21. (hypothesis against the mainstream) The probability of 2 advanced societies needed for the seti proyects is near 0: To give an approximation we need consider the live of the star, our star (the Sun) has 4.57 billion years (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun ) and with estimated live total of 12.3 Billion years (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_longer_do_scientists_think_the_sun_will_live) Our advanced society has only 100 years (really many less) and probably will have few years more (oil peak, …). In all forms we can consider 1000 years of advanced civilization for connect with other civilizations in the universe, this means that 1000/12,300,000,000…

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  22. Started by lbiarge,

    In 2011, the OPERA experiment mistakenly reported neutrinos appearing to travel faster than light. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_anomaly Very probably is an anomaly, I go not treat this now, but the physics say then that cannot to be true and that it’s against measures of the “theoretical physicist at CERN, believed it difficult to reconcile the OPERA results with the SN 1987A observations” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_anomaly In all this explanations and beliefs they forget that light is a wave and neutrino is matter, waves travel at a constant speed in an environment but matter can travel at different spee…

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  23. It must be some kind of cultural thing? I mean, the ancient Romans had the same brains as we have today. But they never invented steam engines or started an Industrial Revolution. Also, and this seems quite startling, in 1902 humans didn't know how to make heavier than air machines. Yet just 38 years later.... look what was going on! Spitfires, Me-109's, B-17's, jet-fighter prototypes under test ... and by 1959, the US B-70 "Valkyrie" intercontinental strategic bomber - flying at 2,000 mph, 70,000 feet high, to drop a 20 MT H-bomb anywhere in the Soviet Union! Can all that amazing progress have been merely genetic? It seems a bit incredible!

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  24. Started by Consistency,

    I've been looking for a system which closely describes nature/the unknown and Human Design System is the closest I've come across. A friendly warning: Some links below charge fees for information which is free elsewhere. Don't waste your money. http://www.unifiedlifesciences.com/ftp/education_papers/Intro_to_Design.pdf http://www.jovianarchive.com/Get_Your_Chart http://www.jovianarchive.com/Software/Maia_Mechanics_Imaging#introduction Self-study: http://www.humandesign.com/cartography-course History of Human Design: http://humandesign-deepak.blogspot.com/2010/08/rave-history-1781.html Is it real or not?

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  25. Started by Popcorn Sutton,

    Well, since we've established quantum mechanics, and the concept that a particle can be in many places simultaneously, and also this idea of spooky interactions, I thought I'd take a stab at expansion. If expansion is true, and the other things I mentioned are also true, then it could follow that the future is actually what is causing the expansion. If you want to get more details of my personal theory, read cognitive intemporality in speculations. It hasn't been disproven yet, and all attempts to do so have been fallacious. I've also introduced another concept that deals with thought and paranormal activity. I want to rename it, but you guys can stick whatever la…

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