Speculations
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Standard Relativity texts describe the fabric of Space-Time as being like a proverbial rubber-sheet, which stretches under the weight of masses put upon it. Now, that analogy requires that the rubber sheet (2D "Flatland") exist in an external Gravity field, pointing perpendicular to the rubber sheet (3D "Hyperspace"). It is that Gravity field that drives the masses down into the rubber sheet. To wit, in the rubber sheet analogy: Gravity from 3D interacts w/ mass embedded in 2D "Flatland", telling it how much to warp the rubber sheet The warp of the rubber sheet tells the masses how to move This compares with the oft-said phrase, from basic textbooks, th…
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The theory that Casimir cavities represent an abrupt equivalence boundary is not new, In 2002 a paper "Vacuum fluctuation force on a rigid Casimir cavity in a gravitational field" by Italian researchers Enrico Calloni, Luciano Di Fiore, Giampiero Esposito, Leopoldo Milano, Luigi Rosa discusses the possibility of verifying the equivalence principle for the zero-point energy of quantum electrodynamics, by evaluating the force, produced by vacuum fluctuations, acting on a rigid Casimir cavity in a weak gravitational field. In 2005 a math paper by Jan Naudts contends that fractional quantum state argument against hydrino state overlooks relativistic solutions In 2007 Ron…
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I think gravity is just conservation of energy really. I mean without conservation of energy what would the universe look like, or what would the universe look like without gravity, would you have any ability to make classifications like space or time? It would seem to me that a particle or body could just arbitrarily gain or lose energy without causality really, or that something could just be here or there or anywhere. I think another nifty aspect of this would be during the big bang, I mean if all the stuff in the universe was undergoing some form of symmetry transformation in such an intense gravitational field, could that be why atoms exist, as it was the universe in…
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I get regular reports from various health advocates that claim that there is evidence that this swine flu vaccine has in the past and is now causing major health concerns. (many adverse effects to the drug has been reported, some crippling people for life.) It is suggested that while x number of people will die from swine flu, many more will certainly die from side effects of a swine flu vaccine if it is forced on Americas population. This number of deaths would greatly outweigh the normal deaths of swine flu victims who did not live through the treatments for the disease. ( sorry for the typos.. it happens cus i've been up all night) What have you head about this…
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The double slit experiment is indistinguishable from magic, and yet some people are so certain magic does not exist! Mod note: thread split off from magic or not
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(1) According to the National Geographic Channel documentary Naked Science -- Birth of the Solar System (TV), scientists have detected Iron-60 isotopes in meteorites. Iron-60 comes exclusively from Supernovae events, and has a relatively short Half-Life. Therefore, Iron-60 typically decays before traveling very far from its source. Thus, this strongly suggests, that the nascent Solar System was w/in about 20 light-years of some Supernovae event. (2) About 4.6 billion years ago, when our star system was born, it was comparatively metal-rich, for its time & place: In the Galaxy as a whole, the Star Formation Rate peaked about 8 to 10 billion years ago…
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can some one help me with this. Every nite just as I go to sleep I feel an electrical shock. Im not sure what it is. I keep telling everyone its below the floor from the apartment below. How could someone see electricity if it were coming thru the floor? It's starting to make me ill. I move the bed and for a while i can sleep then this jolt and i get zapped again. Could some one see electric current through night vision or some sort of new vision tec. I feel like im getting cooked.
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As an EET thread has been banned, i will, on the advice of a moderator, approach the issue from the other direction. Now this site can explain issues with plate tectonics far better than me (if you are interested, please see below). http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/lowman.htm#su Do we have something worth investigating?
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It seems that pseudoscience, while often colourful, sometimes stimulating and - on occasion - entertaining, suffers from shortcomings which are dependent on the wielder of the hypothesis under scrutiny. Unlike conventional scientific theory, which is based upon a continually progressing and narrowing identification of event-level observations that can be demonstrated and explained via the scientific method, there is no unilateral standard within pseudoscience that restricts any one individual or group of individuals to a single approach to any given problem. Without such control, it is only a matter of time before any pseudoscience hypothesis spins wildly out of…
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Hi, I'm new here and I'm not a scientist, mathematician or engineer. I have a few thoughts on perpetual motion machines I would like to share, and then open this to discussion. (By the way I started this exact discussion on a popular physics forum and got banned for life without explanation except to say I was a discussing "crackpot spam." I trust the forum mods here will not be so short sighted. As you will see there is nothing crack pot in a serious discussion of perpetual motion machines.) I remember back in the 1980s as a school boy learning about perpetual motion machines. The teachers said they were impossible. I have always been convinced otherwise. Laying …
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Very good. Perhaps you can address the issue and not me? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged Again, focus on me all you wish and you learn nothing, focus on my discoveries and your view of quantum mechanics will become more real than imaginary. When you guys are through with my ass, take a look at my work. http://www.youtube.com/patp2
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I want to share my research with you here again ... Everybody does not know exactly what this mystery more ... Black Hole, after the energy of a star, a cool drink and then bend to the bend into the matter being compressed, the compression of radio-active particles and the temperature warming and activate them and the explosion is created. This formation occurs after a big explosion. The power of this explosion is powerful enough to split the atom objects. Here I want to collect the actual attention here. Atom division of ... Now, after the explosion of the object is an object of the atoms are ... After that explosion of the atom through the electron energy through t…
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This may not be valid anymore but I haven't heard anything on it in years. It was determined years ago that at the very exact moment of death a small amount of weight is lost. The scientist who studied this took into account every possible physical cause they could think of as to why this should be. Someone postulated that this unaccounted for weight loss is the human soul leaving the body. I know some scientist don't believe in the existence of the human soul. What do you think this weight loss represents if not the soul? Does anyone know of further research into this?
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Just a question I wanted to pose to you all. From what I can see, most if not all experiments to do with 'c' have been verified through the speeding up or slowing down of atomic clocks based on whether they are within close proximity to earth, in space, or moving relative to a stationary target on earth (no need to point out that the stationary target is not actually stationary). So is the 'c' in the equation just referring to the density of ether with specific reference to the timeframe in question, rather than the fact that a light beam will always measure 'c' to moving sensors? I think it is the former. Thinking about E=mc^2 in terms of light beams and …
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Hey Guys, I joined a long while back but did not participate. I know bringing up the idea of the possibility of an intelligent designer of the universe on a science forum is not exactly a good idea. Anyway I see that it could fit into the bracket of pseudoscience So lets bounce off the topic ans see where it goes if anywhere My case (in a totally a non irreligious way) could be the exactitude of the cosmological constants, that if even one differed minutely we would never have come into existence Alan
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......or what would be the greatest invention/discovery of all time ? Read on, i'm new ! Hello all, Since I was a kid i've always felt that I was going to do something great or miraculous in my life. I'm not sure what this thing is. I was never particularly interested in Science at school and to be honest it bored me rigid. Science Fiction has never been my favourite type of book r film (although I did like Asimovs 'Foundation' series). I was never very good at Maths or anything practical. I have never found mechanics or engineering very interesting (although when I have attempted anything mechanical I have found I am pretty good at it). I'm really just an…
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you cannot rule out ether based on Michelson-Morley you see, ether, or what we now know as the zero point field or the sea of virtual particles is a real field... whether it's the subtlest field is anyone's guess... but think about it, how does light travel? why does gravity cause an inward force towards matter? why do magnets have an effect on the space around them? it all points to a subtle ether that electromagnetic radiation can flow through quite easily. my own belief is that matter absorbs ether and that is why mass and time depends on how much ether is available to an object to consume. atoms are like energy sinks that manifest as physical mat…
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Base on this theory http://knol.google.com/k/alex-belov/paradox-of-classical-mechanics-2/1xmqm1l0s4ys/9# Simulator got this glitch. Is it discovery? ... Hi Alex, I'm not sure to understand all what you mean and may be I'm wrong on some points. So here is my simulation to clarify the problem (a hard work : http://exvacuo.free.fr/div/Sciences/Experiences/Meca/Momentum/com.wm2d If you have not Workingmodel software (it is free), here is the video (6Mb, probably long to download): http://exvacuo.free.fr/div/Sciences/Experiences/Meca/Momentum/com.avi Here are 3 jpg snapshots. N�0 is the initial position. N�1 is the state just after the pulse. N�2 is some…
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Einstein stated that mass bends space-time, and curved space-time affects mass. He did not give any mechanism by which this might occur. The following is the basis of an idea I had about twenty years ago. If the particles which provide the mass of an atom (quarks) are small enough, their density must be extremely high, perhaps high enough to act as singularities. From recent browsing, I find that this has been proposed independently. However, I suggest we can speculate further on this. Black holes are associated with wormholes. Might it be possible that each fundamental particle could act to “destroy” quanta of space time continually? I envisage these quanta wo…
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hey.... i watched a videos of conspiracy theory ....i want you all to see this (link URL Deleted]) you just it and you will glade to know tha men never landed on moon ..not even apollo 11 .....nasa is just making all of us fool .with all evidence they still do not agree ...... this is ridiculous ......you all take your own conclusion on that video .....you have to download it or try to find it on internet ........... OPEN YOUR EYE TO REALITY............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.pr-inside.com/scientific-proof-of-ufos-as-concluded-r193411.htm
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There indeed are many theories about the origin of the universe. Even though the world doesn’t need another one, I do have my own ideas, as an applied scientist, about it. Via my own extended meditations, discussions and readings, I ponder if the reference frame of most scientific study (i.e. spacetime), could be reorganized such that things like velocity, spacial sense and time interval were secondary variables; a daunting prospect, in practice. Gravitons and photons travel at a speed in spacetime which, according to relativity, associates with a zero time interval t and a zero spacetime interval s. A photon, from a reference frame of the photon, does not ex…
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THE ORIGIN OF OUR UNIVERSE BY SUHAIL JALBOUT The greatest mystery that provokes thought in mankind is the origin of our universe. For thousands of years, philosophers and scientists have tried to find an answer to this conundrum, but without unanimity of opinions. I believe that the initial step to understanding the origin of our universe commences by answering this question: Does void exist? The answer is mandatory to figure out what existed in space before the universe was there. If space was empty, then where did matter and energy come from? How can nothingness produce a universe? On the other hand, if matter and energy existed in space, then it is possib…
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Please help me test my hypothesis against known observations and proven science. My guess is, that at the time the universe became transparent to photons the universe was small enough that a photon emitted at one end, would have been able to reach the other end, even counting for the expansion of space, within 13.7billion years. If this is true, then once two locations in space are thusly causally linked, they will not, indeed cannot, become unlinked, due to the fact that C is the speed limit of the universe, and no location or object can outrun an already arrived photon. Thus as object b receeds from a, a continues to receive b photons at lower and lower frequencies,…
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Try to wrap your brain around this: http://www.energizeforhealth.com/sead-faqs.html#What_is_the_Subtle_Energy_Activation_Device_SEAD Did I mention these things cost upwards of $6000?
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