Speculations

There can be no OUTER, OTHER SIDE or LIMIT here - these are post-universe factors. Just as we could not fathom radar a 100 years ago, we equally cannot fathom anything which is not like anything contained in this universe - our mind's wiring cannot perform this feat. If there is anything outside or pre this universe, it cannot be anything which is already contained in this universe - else the finite factor becomes violated. This says not even a non-physical [spiritual?] material can exist outside this universe. It is not a question which must align with science, itself a post-uni faculty and solely reliant on pre-existing stuff in this universe. E.g. 2 + 2 cannot equa…

Over and over we hear that evolution is not part of abiogenesis, that evolution via natural selection did not start until life had already formed. This leads to ideas that life is a very low probability occurrence, a figure 10^-41,000 of how unlikely the formation of life was is often bandied about as though it were the truth. I say that life is a natural occurrence driven by natural selection of the organic chemicals that come about naturally in the conditions of the early Earth. These organic chemicals and the action of organic catalysts is what brought about life. Natural selection of the chemicals that contribute to the reactions that bring about more of themselv…

While not having a Scientific mind by any stretch of the imagination, or overly endowed with brain power; my question is: Did the universe spring from nothing? Something so small as a singularity? Or was it aleady in a condition to be built upon? In either of the cases, why? If not, how was this feat accomplished? I've read so much on the subjest as to become saturated, yet able to rationalize very little. What amazes me is that many people seem to have answers to most of these questions. How, I don't know? So, since I have so little to offer other than questions, it would be nice receiving conjecture that I can relate to, even if only in generalities. And that, regardles…

What would conditions at the bottom of the ocean be if the ocean was 2000 miles (3200K) thick? Planets like Neptune and Uranus have deep water oceans but even though the temperature at the waters surface of hundreds of degrees and hotter the deeper you go the bottom of that ocean is water ice. Made ice due the high pressure. if the earths oceans were 2000 miles deep would the bottom be ice?

Hi there,I'm new here so maybe I don't really know how it works here. Anyway,I'm curious about this issue so I'm going to discuss it. Some of you must know that there's a theory/hypothesis (forgot the name,probably Richard Dawkins') says that the very first life on earth were spontaneously formed and created by 'decomposition' of some compounds,and this just an accident/coincidence that our Earth were filled with such life supporting matter that allow life form to exist. Life exist because the condition is suitable,and it has nothing to do with Earth. Of course some people with inquisitive mind like me know that this not just an accident where one compound meet ano…

I'm looking for physics lab which can do special research my physics hypotheses from this site. http://knol.google.com/k/paradox-of-classical-mechanics-2# I'm not physics scientist and hypotheses form this site wasn't written as scientific research document. I have a doubt about classical mechanic motion principle. The modern physics say the nature has two main translational and rotational motions with their own law of momentum conservation. My hypotheses introduces the nature has just one main rotational and translational motion with it's own law of momentum conservation and rotational motion and translational motion are part of this main motion. The modern physic sa…

i heard someone say that an ice laser/beam was imposable, something about thermodynamics. but could someone explain the scientific principle that makes it imposable?

Your beliefs are based on emotional balance. You become attracted to specific ideas or beliefs because of the role those ideas or beliefs play in your emotional balance. Your beliefs can change when other sources of emotions change. People can change their beliefs in the same way they can fall out of love with one person and in love with another. We have specific beliefs to cope with our environments. Some people cope with the sadness caused by their environment by using intoxicating substances; others cope with their environment by having specific beliefs or habits. The world is filled with billions of followers of different religions. People are correct for…

Could it be that humans are parasites and the Earth is our host? I'm aware that parasites can be good or bad, some can cure disease and some can cause it. It's repensented in our actions towards the planet; we can preserve and abolish nature, in many ways it seems. Could it be that humans are not technically the prime species, and that the planet is our reason to live? We're we born to fix the land and look after the animals as we breed, or were we simply sent here to over time deplete all resource for our own needs?

Society of Jesus I've recently conducted a vast amount of research on the Jesuits and the Society of Jesus. I now consider myself an asset to their cause and I will do whatever I can to spread their true message; which I won't do here as it's obviously against what science currently believes in. I will however explain exactly how I think they were judged unfairly, treated unfairly and banished for reasons no other than 'power hungry dictatorship'. Rather than the usual message of God and religion as a whole, the Jesuits would use life elements rather than spiritual and fantasy-like 'man-made' elements to describe the true message of God. They were considered to …

if you somehow designed a positron (ignoring all the issues with this statement) and were in a complete vacuum (like space) and shot it at something the beam would annihilate with the electrons and possibly blowup whatever you are aiming at but if you had 3 beams (1 firring a positron beam 1 firring a anti neutron beam and one firring a anti-proton (or as some people call it incorrectly a negatron) would it annihilate the whole object. or would it be beater to just fire 2 intersecting beams one a positron beam and one a electron beam. kind of like the M.D or little doctor in ender's game

if time could "slow down" or "speed up" would anyone notice it? wouldn't everything increase/decrease at the same rate? if such a thing were possible would anyone know? and would it mater?

negative mass is a possibility and if it exists it would have negative gravity. and if this negative gravity could be made strong enough it could turn into something like a reverse dark hole where not even light could reach its surface. this could then be ued as a forcefield. and word this be better than the plasma window mentioned here? http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/20408-force-fields-are-here/page__p__285484__hl__%2Bplasma+%2Bwindow__fromsearch__1#entry285484

The half life of free neutron is 15 minutes. I was wondering if it is possible that the decay of neutron is the result of neutrinos collision. Some neutrino detector use chlorine that transform into argon or gallium that transform to germanium and both reaction imply that a neutron is transformed into a proton. Neutrinos are all around so there is a chance that a neutron can be hit by a neutrino. Just a thought. What do you think of it?

then why am I able to create light in my brain?

light has mass. the sun produces a lot of light. then, the mass of the light might be heavy enough to push us down towards earth thus, gravity. weight depends on the surface area. the bigger the thing is, the heavier it is. make sense?

Modern UFO sightings are often explained away as being just the result of contemporary fears of technology, science, atomic warfare, or government conspiracies transforming ambiguous but insignificant meteorological observations into supposed visions of alien spacecraft. Many contemporary sightings are also no doubt induced by an hysterical public observation bias resulting from other supposed alien spaceship sightings. But historical UFO sightings, of which there have been many, provide a way around some of these confounding variables to permit us to consider more carefully what is being seen. There was legislation in Paris in the 14th century punishing with a fi…

Being a scientist, I seek scientific criticism; this is my nature. From where I sat as a young scientist, I had a mission. My mission was simple. Here it is: Throughout my scientific career, my mission has been to understand how life works: how the living matter within cells maintains homeostasis and overcomes the second law of thermodynamics. I was drawn to study RNA metabolism in particular because all life requires RNA synthesis and decay and requires nucleotides for carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, protein translation and transport, and signaling pathways. I recognized that a better comprehension of the mechanisms regulating RNA metabolism and nucleotide cy…

ok, i don't have any exact details about this subject or how it might work and i'm sure there's much more to it than just dna, but my question is Do you think eternal life is possible? k, now once you answer that, consider this. eternal life IS possible on what sort of basis you put it at. My theory is from looking at animals that SEEMINGLY live forever I.E. sea turtle or squid. Now these animals are still capable of dieing at any time. But to my knowledge they have an incredibly large lifespan. Now what if you were to take whatever process involved in that animal and through either natural or scientific methods transfer that aspect to more intelligent speci…

My question is basically since none of these have ever been directly but only have been detected by indirect evidence. Can this truly be considered science? Black Holes: http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html#q7 http://library.thinkquest.org/10148/long11.shtml Dark matter: http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/dark-matter-091709.html Evolution: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat06.html But we have yet to observe the evolution of a species into a new and different species. Can this really be any different that someone look…

OK, when I think about questions like why am I me and why do I exist, one of the ideas I get is that consciousness should be universal, instead of many selves (kind of like solipsism). Do you think it's a consequence of me no being able to think "outside" myself? Because that would make sense regardless of whether consciousness is universal or not. Also are there any arguments against universal consciousness? I was able to think of several, and I'm wondering if there are other. Also, do you think physics is for, or against an idea like universal consciousness?

Boys, Boys! If you don't settle down, I'm going to turn this forum around and go right back the the Static Universe! Okay, for real now! You guys want a new Cosmology, but don't like all that tacky idiocy? Have I got the theory for you. It's not a whack job, so the purists will be piqued, yet it's still heretic enough for even the likes of Fripro to feel like he's delivered a blow for academic freedom everywhere (or everywhen, or whatever). So first let's get the hard part out of the way: It's based on Bayes Theorem. I know, I know, every time someone wants to bust some scientific chops they pull out some sorta convoluted probability theorem. But this is …

Penumbra ~Source "?" said father. "!" mother replied; and life began... Mother had bore a hot daughter named pressure; and alike mother, she was all-loving - mother also bore a cold son named space; and alike father, he was all-searching. Space asked "Where are you sister?" to which Pressure replied "I'm here!" and she courageously burst through her parents to reach him - for a brief moment she turned cold as Space had surrounded her and she began to twist and turn as they intertwined creating a massive surge of energy that spread and forced them away from each other. Space shouted "Sister, where are you going?" and Pressure painfully replied, "I…

Is it possible to fill out the Dirac equation for the entire solar system (that is, everything inside the Oort Cloud) and calculate, roughly, the "spectral lines" of the star system? If so, how would you approach it? One assumes that such spectral lines would simply report back the percentages of the most abundant elements in the system, with hydrogen taking the number one spot, obviously.

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and have an interest in Visual Reorientation Illusions (VRIs). A VRI is an instant flip of one's orientational bearing sense, either 90 or 180 degrees. It feels as if one's whole world is rotated around in an instant. One may have experienced being "turned around" in their bearings, and had North, South, East and West exchange their subjective directions. You may have come up from a subway and started heading what you thought was North, only to realize that it was actually South. You realize that you got turned around when you see some buildings, but from a different direction than your "normal" view of them. Everything su…