Speculations
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The British bee population is decreasing. Of course, there are the usual biological factors to consider - lack of food, space, competition or the appearance of new predators, or a combination of the above. Bee experts have also speculated at the decline in bee numbers: Dan the Gardener Although Dan the Gardener is not giving references to peer reviewed journals, he is giving his experienced opinion on possible causes for the decline of numbers of bees. I am speculating that there is another cause that has not been considered - microwaves from our communications matrix called TETRA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUc2DG9Cl64 Dr B Trower Report t…
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Anti-Judeo-Christian Censorship MoonTanMan and myself have been instructed to begin our discussion to our own thread, and as you know I do, I always comply to the best of my understanding. In 1977, Thomas Jefferson drafted this Statute for Religious Freedom, and it was made into state law in Virginia in 1786. Edgar Cayce's own readings directed him from Selma, Alabama to Virginia , where his readings survive to this day with the Association of Research and Enlightenment. Singling out discussion of Judeo-Christian scripture as inappropriate on Science Forums seems quite contrary to this celebrated document, and even illegal in Virginia. I would like some opinions …
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0 14 13 3 11 5 6 8 7 9 10 4 12 2 1 15 Note: need help with creating a "latex" grid for the numbers.... If numbers are true forms for generalizing something used by science, can magical squares also generalize the idea of zero? In my opinion, I think they can really help the science world to discover more areas of research! I have notice that in some magical squares 0 can be used as a number. Why I do not know as of yet, and what does 0 generalize I also do nor know as of yet... Infact this one here shows that 0 " appears" to have some value. Of coarse adding the numbers across or diagonally = …
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I posted this in Speculation because I know it will end up here anyway. But that's fine! I'm a speculator. But this thread will be an exercise in logic as much as speculation. I think I might even present a puzzle that some on here will enjoy resolving (if possible). This is a "wall of text" but for the entire picture to be painted, it required the entire canvas and spectrum of colors that I could muster. I am going to submit a question to the able minded and more thoroughly researched individuals of this forum. The question is, is there published observational data that shows THE RATE OF CHANGE of REDSHIfTING GALAXY CLUSTERS? If you are believers in science, you kn…
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We make a postulation: That in some deep sense the World is made of mathematical relationships. We state three laws: <1> Every mathematical relation permitted by Logic must occur. <2> Time is just a number, an integer. <3> Everything that occurs in Nature is a function of Time. <1> says that the World is a mathematical-logical construct, that any mathematical relationship permitted by logic must occur in Nature. Logic is simple Boolean logic, which can be applied to mathematical expressions. <2> says that time is just an ordinary integer, its value is about 10^41 at present and increasing by about 10^25 per second. &…
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If you read the followng announcement: 'Scientists have determined that space, time, and energy were all part of the same thing.' What ideas would go thru your mind? My first thought would be: That's plausible. I can't think of a place in the observable univers were one exists without the other. Space, time, and energy could be one and the same. That would imply to me that those things would remain in proportion to each other. If one increased in quantity, then all would increase in quantity. We know that energy travels in space in the form of photons, gamma rays, and neutrinos, among other things. The products from the very first nuclear fusion events followi…
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A Thought on Entangled Particles Light is emitted from the atomic realm and then travels thru our dimensional, sequential realm. Sometimes it reaches a destination and its journey ends. Sometimes light it travels on, seemingly forever, thru the cosmos. I once read that a traveler on a beam of light would think that the completed journey occurred in no time at all, because the traveler was moving at the speed of light. Change of subject: Multi-Dimensional Universe. It has been written that other dimensions exist. These dimensions are sometimes described as somehow coiled up inside of the dimensions that we are familiar with, which I have described as our dime…
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Why neutron requires charge to become stable? Why against Coulomb attraction, nucleus require charge? How this charge is distributed inside nucleon (quarks)? Nucleus? Large nuclei are believed to behave like a liquid – are nucleons freely swimming there, or maybe they are somehow clustered, like in neutron-proton(-neutron) parts? I’m thinking of a topological soliton model of particles (concrete field structures for particles, with quantum numbers as topological charges), which doesn’t only restrict to mesons and baryons like the Skyrme model, but is an attempt to a more complete theory: which family of topological soltions would correspond to our whole particle m…
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Assumptions are what drive modern Mainstream science. Not all assumptions need be false, but invariably some will be. We know that within the boundaries of the observable universe, everything pretty much acts according to laws that a certain species of primates on a little blue ball has marveled at figuring out. But what compels us to believe this MUST be true elsewhere? I grant that without being able to observe anything else, it's all we have. However, if I had been born in a prison cell and been fed beans and rice all my life by an unknown prison keeper,, I might believe that beans and rice were the only available foods, that I and my prisoner were the only p…
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Good argument. Yeah, I prefer to keep this debate scientific. I was just saying that I am open minded towards scientific explanations of any natural/observed phenomena, even though I am religious. It may seem contradictory I know... On a side note, I just discovered this website by chance, today. And I have to say this is great. The fact that it is free to join and that the moderators such as yourself try to keep it as clean and scientific as possible. Well done. No ads either, I wonder how you guys keep it running... One more thought, maybe the "Magical Creation Story" that we read in books of religion is some kind of dumbed-down long-story-short version for wh…
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My calculation for the Higgs boson mass for the Standard Model. The Higgs boson mass is equal to one-half the Higgs vacuum expectation value. Higgs boson mass: [math]m_H = \frac{v_h}{2} = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{(\hbar c)^3}{\sqrt{2} G_F}} = 123.111 \; \frac{\text{Gev}}{\text{c}^2}[/math] [math]\boxed{m_H = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{(\hbar c)^3}{\sqrt{2} G_F}}}[/math] CERN Higgs boson mass: [math]m_H = 125.3 \pm 0.6 \; \frac{\text{Gev}}{\text{c}^2}[/math] Which implies that the Higgs boson achieves mass from the Higgs field vacuum via the Higgs mechanism. Reference: Physical constants - Wikipedia Higgs boson - Wikipedia Higgs mechanism - W…
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The universe is expanding, all masses flying apart, accelerating. As spots drawn on an inflating balloon. Or a stretched rubber band. Galaxies collide...... Hmmm. How do galaxies violate the first observation?
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If F= mass * acceleration then, when you drop the same ball from different hight, it has SAME Acceleration. We know that, the same ball dropped from different height will make different DENT. Therefore we observe that, the higher the distance from which the ball is dropped, the bigger Force it will exert. The Acceleration of the ball doesn't change with the height of the drop. It's the SAME 9.8 m/s^2 regardless of the height of the drop. However, its the velocity changed. Therefore Equation for Force IS F=m * V In Newtons equation, the Acceleration is redundant and can be cancelled entirely according to principles of mat…
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Has anybody else ever come up with an alternative to quark theory? According to my theory of everything; all particles with rest mass, must be made from a mixture of positive and negative charges, except electrons which are made from a single negative charge, and positrons which are made of single positive charges. For instance we might assume that a proton is composed of 1000 negative charges and 1001 positive charges, all solidly packed together. The charge of the proton can be attributed to the fact that it has one extra positive charge, whilst the mass can be explained by the large number of charges present. The advantage of my theory is that just about e…
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First of all, I am an amateur. I'm also not here to argue or debate this simple idea that may easily be dismissed with mathematics or a fundamental law. So if you are closed minded to thought experiments that require a certain amount of speculation and imagination, this won't be for you. However, if a mathematical equation or fundamental law easily and obviously negates this idea, I welcome it. I read and devour cosmological physics ideas from a variety of sources. Recently I was watching a documentary that poked into several topics...the "arrow of time" concept, entropy, matter and antimatter, and dark matter/energy. The program touched upon a female astrophysicists …
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If there's a giant meteor, here's what you should do: Not nuke it. There is no air in space, so there is nothing to carry a powerful directed shockwave, a nuclear weapon would simply be a burst of high energy radiation and enough of them at once may partially strip away the ozone or more. Instead, develop a very powerful fragmentation bomb, a bomb that will generate shrapnel powerful tear through the meteor and break it into tinier pieces. It will likely take more than one, and there will very likely still be some big chunks left-over, but the many smaller pieces will burn up in the atmosphere and not cause so much damage upon impact. However, it doesn't stop here. All…
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Using the simple gematria calculator found at gematrix dot org and the Georgian Calendar 800 I believe I have proven that I am God, however, it is extremely hard to prove to anybody due to the ridiculous 1074 nature of the subject. In order to teach somebody anything they have to have some level of teachability 973 Subtotal = 2847 = 7 y 291 d = 10/17/8 178 = Sheri Hersperger (mothers name when I was born) 729 + 1 = 730 = 2 y 0 d = 12/31/2 291 + 1 = 292 = Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 292 = Winter Spring Summer Fall = Mystery of the Universe = May Third Nineteen Fifty Nine (mothers dob) 292 = Revelation Chapter 13 Verse 18 that is determined b…
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'Main stream science' is required to be accepted without question at an academic institution. Contrary to popular belief though, a theory is always speculative, with no right to call itself otherwise than any equally viable alternative. We can never prove a theory. We can only disprove, or improve by refinement, when further evidence comes to light. We can never know, like the detective, that further evidence may contradict the theory we presently favour. It is an abuse of 'reason' to claim an alternative theory as proof against another. Only direct evidence can do this, and evidence which is not derived on the basis of contrary theories and supportive hypotheses. Premis…
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Movement of the Solar system in the Galaxy is circular movement. The movement is described by gravity and centrifugal force. But, much neutrino is created in the center-side of the Galaxy. And, our Sun emits much neutrino in nuclear fusion reaction. So, the produced neutrinos from the Sun encounters other neutrinos comes from the center-side of the Galaxy. Neutrinos are WIMP particles. But this radiation pressure gives small effects to the centrifugal force of the Sun in the Galaxy?
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The Least Action Consistent Stable Universe and the Mathematics Modified June 6, 2009, Reviewed March 15, 2011 John Lawrence Reed, Jr. Section 8 in part from: johnreed Take 23 - Dark Matter August 8, 2007 Modified 2009 The disparity in the measure of mass in distant galaxies, has caused us to propose a type of matter called the dark-matter. "Today most astronomers and physicists believe that this is the right answer to the puzzle. There is missing matter, which is actually there but which we don't see. This mysterious missing matter is referred to as the dark matter. The dark-matter hypothesis is preferred mostly because the only other possibility --- tha…
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Hello Everybody, I would start by asking a simpe question, Is our Physics wrong? if So, then the whole of science is wrong too? Does any one of you think the same, then please share your views? I seriously believe that we have missed something very crucial in our understanding of nature, and its in particular related to our study of energy which is incomplete according to me. Our current science is built on the foundations of classical physics. Is it going to crumble any time soon? There are many inconsistencies and anomalies in current physics. I have discovered it myself. Has any one of you discovered the same, if so, kindly advise. To give you a simple idea, I…
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I thought that science was all about religion. ~99% of people wish that physics could be understood ~1% of people believe that expressing their suspicions and risking looking like a fool is worth it if it inspires somebody. Educated individuals don`t seem to believe that they can risk doing so-which is a pity really because then we`re stuck. I would like to believe that there was chronic 'Not being able to see the wood for the trees' syndrome in the academic community and that one revelation would make everything simple,predictable and understandable again- but that is a belief- probably one shared by a lot of people. I would like to believe that a theory wil…
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Even if alien life did exist in other galaxies, because information about these galaxies takes thousands of light years to reach us, even if there are other civilizations as advanced as we are, it would be thousands of years before we could see the evolution of their underwater life. In fact, the universe could be populated with intelligent life in every galaxy, sending out radio signals, but by the time we get them our sun will have undergone a super-nova.
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Can anyone tell me about how much power this would generate... even if its not logical for todays tech...
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I created a website for a new theory on the Big Bang. I would like to know what you think of this theory. It's just a theory, no proof. The heart of my theory is this: the force between two particles is inversely propotional to the distance between them. As the distance between two of the smallest particle in the universe becomes increasingly small the force becomes increasingly large and will tend to approach infinity. This is the first step of a series of steps that could have caused the big bang. The information of this first step comes from a BBC documentary (link and clear instructions of where to look included on the mentioned website). The rest of the theory is…
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