Speculations

If cause of tides is gravitational attraction, solar tides should be greater than lunar tides. But it is not so. Two independent forces on a body are likely to produce only one resultant action. Yet, gravitational attractions towards sun and moon produce two independent sets of tides.

Looks like they updated this free book with empirical research. www.ofgrandeur.com What do you guys think of the ideas presented?

Just think of the technology needed. I don't think we will ever have the technology to be able to visit other planets revolving around even the closest stars. I think mankind will destroy itself before then. I believe this is probably the curse of intelligence; it will allow us to create technology we are not evolved enough to use responsibly. We have already done so, I believe, as I believe mankind is creating global warming. I believe this is the fate of all intelligent beings (not necessarily global warming, but self-destruction). I cannot support this possition, as it is untestable speculation, so don't ask me to. My question then is: So what makes an…

Because of a couple derogatory expletives in this little video, a word of caution: It's cool, but you may need to put your fingers in your ears or turn your sound off!. You don't step on Supermans Cape, and you don't fool around with "Grand-Pa's lie". http://www.thevog.net/forum/off-topic-60/ot-what-not-to-do-on-a-golf-carts/

How can the velocity of light be slower or faster depending on colour (n) and at the same time have a constant vacuum velocity of c? (Answers presupposing special or general relativity not of interest.)

I've just come across this very interesting video on youtube. Is everything this guy saying true? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixfk4LsKWnw Also is it true that Neil Armstrong became a Muslim? This all sounds really crazy to me.

Hello everyone, I first like to introduce myself to this forum. I'm proud to be a member of these science foums. (I am also a member of this site's partner site "Rational Skepticism." And I'm one of the Brights.) I'm posting my own hypothesis on quantum mechanics, it is still very much work-in-progress. I'm calling it "Determined Histories." It is mainly in relation to the measurement problem. The main concept is that wave-function collapse and many-worlds is rejected. This indicates the existence of a "universal operator" which determines the outcomes (or histories) of quantum events. I apologise for being vague, but I've attached a draft paper which gives a better a…

Although RNA replicators may have defined the inception of basic life, a question to comes to mind is connected to ATP. In modern times, there are thousands of proteins that use ATP. If the earliest proteins formed first, say from the dehydration of animo acids in clays, is it possible that the concentration of ATP and other nucleoside triphosphates would remain too low to support active replicators? ATP is an electron acceptor. All that would be needed to bleed its energy potential is a suitable electron releasing group such as -OH. Since this group is built into so many different proteins, isn't it likely that even a random protein distribution, would quickly react…

Well...I was thinking about energy...If photons are a form of energy [electromagnetic energy] and they never stop moving then shouldn't they lose energy to motion? That is my speculation...That if photons are energy they convert into kinetic energy...hopefully that makes sense... It's common sense really...it's just I haven't found any sources that tell me photons lose energy due to their motion...although as far as I know it is a perfectly logical conclusion. Have I stumbled upon something new or has this already been thought of?...or dis-proved?...

A report on: http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2010/11/Extended_elements.asp contains the following statement: “Now Pekka Pyykkö1 at the University of Helsinki has used a highly accurate computational model to predict electronic structures and therefore the periodic table positions of elements up to proton number 172 - far beyond the limit of elements that scientists can currently synthesise”. 1A suggested periodic table up to Z 172, based on Dirac–Fock calculations on atoms and ions Pekka Pyykkö, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01575j Following on from a debate on: http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/48561-composite-fermi…

A majority of people throughout the world are "right handed". Statistically, less than 15% of us are "left handed". Is there a scientific reasoning as to why?

Here is an odd take on the Earth Moon system.... http://lunarorigin.com/

v=c*(m'2+2m'm)1/2/ (m'+m) v - speed c - light speed m' - mass of kinetic energy(relative mass) m - gravitation mass for object with gravitation mass: m'=[1/(1-v2/c2)1/2 -1]m

Please ponder the process of simple Cell Division, in simple single-celled organisms. Presumably, the single cell starts with some mass (m), "eats" biologically important molecules, "fattening up" on those "parts", until it masses about twice its original mass (m --> 2m). Then, it uses those "parts" to duplicate all of its cellular systems, and divides, into two daughter cells, each of approximately the original mass (2m --> m+m). QUESTION: Imagine being able to track all of the individual atoms, inside the single cell. Imagine being able to 'tag' those atoms, labeling them as "original" or as part of the "parts" supply. Then, when the cell uses the "parts" …

Not sure how to describe the question but i'll do my best. If numbers are infinite, how can you ever get to 1 is basically what im asking. So in the form of time, how do you ever get to a second? where in the .00000000000000000000000000000 and beyond does it actually begin and start going up?

It seems a good time for me to clarify a bit about myself and what I’m up to. I’m 61 years old and have a background in the philosophy of science and human ecology (having published books in both areas), as well as in general philosophy (where I recently completed a 40-year book project). Having said what I have to say in these fields, not too long ago I moved on to another field that has always interested me, and in which I had done some work previously, namely the foundations of physics. My interest in the foundations of physics consists in looking at the subject as a whole, first to understand it, and then, perhaps, to try to improve it. So this means studyin…

Hi General and special relativity have some problem with some infinit solution. I was thinking (I am prety sure some else thaught of that) why not use some mathematic that admit infinity as a solution ? I am specialy thinking of projective geometry. Maybe by admitting infinit solution we are not stuck there, and can go further in our understanding of black hole. Can we extend Lorentz transform to work at c ?

Anyone heard of it? Allthough it is just pure science fiction.

So I thought up an idea for a universe, that would have an infinite universe, at exactly the critical density (on average), but with some slight fluctuations resulting in inhomogeneity. Also, equal parts matter and antimatter at the start, with high density. So my idea is that the parts of this universe with equal parts matter and antimatter will annihilate and tend to cause expansion, whereas the parts where there is some slight separation of matter and antimatter won't expand so much. The part in between would expand since it would have both matter and antimatter, resulting in total isolation of the matter from its antimatter. The end result would be an infinite num…

Question: I request all of you to read the following article and answer the portion which is marked in blue colour; The point is scientists say that the electron is revolving in the orbit and the energy required for such revolution is very very small. They are also say that electron is not loosing enery and the energy is not supplied from out side. In such case for the revolution of the electron the new energy is supplied which is against the rule, neither energy can be created or destoryed. Please read the following article and answer this. Shankara gave two phases in his philosophy— 1. Phase of Reality (Paramarthadasa):- In this phase the absolute r…

I'm a college student at Georgia Southern University. For the fall semester, we were to choose a pseudoscience, in my case ESP, and as our last project, publish our findings in real life. This is what I've found: Robert Anderson Georgia Southern University Make Your Own Decision Extrasensory Perception is a very touchy subject among intellectuals, mainly because there isn’t very much evidence for it. However, I believe the problem comes from reluctance in intellectuals to test it. Rupert Sheldrake has tested ESP with positive results, but is usually not accredited with it because his information is somewhat sketchy. However, I’m not writing to back or dispr…

This may be a question for the philosophy section, but i do not have the privilege to post there so it seems to be best placed here. Does trying to understand infinite space ever bother you, especially as physicists, for instance if you take a box, it has an inside and an outside, everything seems to have boundaries but apparently the matter and energy in the universe is expanding into....nothing?, like we exist inside a space without a boundary I get the same mind boggling confusion if i try to comprehend cause and effect, something has to trigger an event, (take the big bang for instance) but some action has to cause the trigger and so on, chicken and the egg et…

Center of the Universe Located by Triangulation of NASA Data 9/25/10 Abstract: The Very Well Scrubbed NASA's seven year accumulation of CMB Data is not homogeneous, but has a unique geography. NASA's overall results have remained the same noting that every CMB point is unchanging; the composite study is like a unique fingerprint. As a result of this work, each point on the CMB sphere can be catalogued; characteristics and coordinates noted. With this information in hand one may use these points in locating earth vis-à-vis the technique of triangulation. Expanded treatment of this study is available at my web site: http://www.allnewuni…

Does gravity negate the 2nd Law? I remember that when we did our heat engine problems that the entropy of the system only went down when we took energy out. Gravity is negative energy, right? Wouldn't that effect large scale entropy and thus the 2nd Law's application to the universe as a whole?

Can you prove to me matter exists? In 1879 a million ££ reward was put forward if anyone can prove that matter exists as an objective substance independant of the mind nobody ever claimed the reward. Can you prove matter exists?