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The Speculations forum is provided for those who like to hypothesize new ideas in science. To enrich our discussions above the level of Wild Ass Guesswork (WAG) and give as much meaning as possible to such speculations, we do have some special rules to follow:

  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.
  2. Be civil. As wrong as someone might be, there is no reason to insult them, and there's no reason to get angry if someone points out the flaws in your theory, either.
  3. Keep it in the Speculations forum. Don't try to use your pet theory to answer questions in the mainstream science forums, and don't hijack other threads to advertise your new theory.

The movement of a thread into (or out of) Speculations is ultimately at the discretion of moderators, and will be determined on a case by case basis.

  1. Started by ibC,

    What the average person like myself finds when studying the UFO phenomenon is a lot of rumors, a lot of speculation, and even more garbage. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure, something IS going on. Possibilities are endless, and many are likely, but it's a strong fact that there is an unidentified intelligent presence in our skies and in our space. The massive amount of witness testimony alone should be enough to no longer ignore this issue. Irrational skeptical arguments can no longer be tolerated, for people are generally not stupid, and I am not stupid, we are seeing these things... they are real. The question is no longer 'Are they here?', but is 'Why are …

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  2. Started by mr d,

    hello people always talk about how we will develope computers that think like humans. my conjecture would be will they really think like us, or will they develope their own form of logic and reasoning. there could be neural nets developed to imitate human brain patterns but as computers are not organic, could a thinking computers devise their own means to use and\or create a neural network. as almost a seperate type of non-organic life could they begin to form their own systems of logic and reasoning totally unrelated to the way humans think. at some point would a programmers job not be to program a computer how to think, but instead try to find ways to inte…

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  3. Started by AzurePhoenix,

    For a long time now I've heard stories about a peculiar sound emanating from a mysterious deep-water source that marine scientists confidantly believe to be produced by a very large organism that they're calling "Bloop". Apparently some years back a series of sounds of very low frequency of a strength that suggests a creature much larger than a whale were recorded by submarines at a certain depth where sounds carry particularly far. I haven't been able to find anything but laymen articles, recordings of the sound, and a short reference in a documentary about whales, (nothing that I'd consider official), but what I've heard doesn't sound like some Big-Foot or Nessi…

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  4. I think I'm way closer next time, so here we go. Wild speculation ahead! The universe is drawn towards self-completion (eschaton) It self-completes by solving the halting problem. It solves the halting problem by terminating. There are no non-terminating algorithms because all seemingly non-termingating algorithms exist within a single terminating algorithm, the universe. In the end, there is only one algorithm, the universe, and its inevitable outcome is to choose to self-terminate and thus self-complete. I say "it". What is "it"? It is the collective action of all the consciousness within the universe. Consciousness is what will actually solve the hal…

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  5. Started by starbug1,

    This is a multiple choice question about animals that appeared on my last AP Bio test. Which of the following is not true about animals? A. They constitute millions of species B. They are the most abundant living things C. they are some of the first organisms on the earth D. they are very diverse in nature E. They are formed in every conceivable habitat. Pick what you think is the correct answer and justify it with your reasoning.

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  6. Started by Mike T,

    MY VERSION OF A SSU It is infinitely old. There was no beginning or end. However, the formed structures like galaxies, stars and photons, go through a recycling process. The matter content itself, does not because it complies to the 'Laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy’. It would also comply with the other conservation laws. It compliers with all the problems the current ‘big bang universe’ does not explain like the Michelson-Morley interferometer experiment that refutes the existence of a spatial ether as a carrier of the light waves. It portrays space is flat. No expansion or contraction. Hence no need for General Relativity. The redshift of the …

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  7. Started by starbug1,

    Stairway to Heaven played backwards hints at direct satanic lyrics...no way. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/stairway.php Can anyone else say "tampered with?" I happen to like that song.

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  8. Started by Hades,

    I've never been so afraid of people with such preposterous beliefs that have been brainwashed into seeing nothing but the church of scientology. It offends me as a scientist, and, if i had faith im sure it would offend me as a practicer of a religion with a deity.

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  9. Started by krstlmthd,

    hello i have extensive psychedelic experience which has given me great and vast enormous insights into the true nature of the universe itself. my research has been very difficult and taken many many years to compile, but now i think i am ready to share my theory with the rest of the world. my problem is i have put a lot of work into this theory and i am worried that as soon as i publish it someone else is going to copy the whole thing and claim it is they're own and take all the credit that really should go to me for coming up with the theory. but i think my theory explains everything including GRAVITY and LIGHT and the structure of CRYSTALS which makes it more advance…

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  10. I just watched a stupid tv show on Discovery about the possibility that we are being controlled by a human-alien hibrid race. This cracked me up. There was no evidence, and was mostly based on imagination IMO. The man who came up with this said George Bush, the queen of England, and some others are descended from these creatures. He also says there is evidence that they communicate with eachother using everyday objects. For example, the all seeing eye on the top of the pyramid on the United States dollar bill symbolizes that this race of hybrids see over us, and know more than us. What do you think of this?

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  11. Started by gib65,

    Has anyone heard of quantum consciousness? Here's a website that describes it: http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/ Any thoughts/comments? How close is this to being "real science"?

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  12. Started by bascule,

    http://www.web-books.com/GoodPost/Articles/Gravitation.htm I'll be the first to LOL

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  13. Started by deltanova,

    Hi all, i was wondering, does soil contain the correct minerals, vitamins and elements to create human flesh? Thanks loads, Tash

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  14. Started by herpguy,

    I have an idea of how to eliminate some of the greenhouse gases; burrying it. We could somehow suck large portions of air into a filter that filters out non-greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases will then be compressed greatly for easy storage underground. In a short period of time, the warming should decrease. Above the storage area, parks, buildings, etc. could be made. In my opinion, it's excelent use of land, and will definetly help the economy by providing jobs. Engineers will be needed, along with people to build the storage areas and for maintainance. Maybe, in the future, there could even be a way to convert the gases into clean, cheap energy. Whay …

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  15. Started by c.grant,

    I do not have a scientific background but all the same I have a question that I think there is no straight forward answers too . Why are we so dominant on this planet? Nothing living even comes close .From my knowledge of the history of earth nothing has ever been so far and above the rest in terms of intelligence and adaptation to different environments in such a brief existence on our planet than the human race . I talking about everything we have achieved ,how we have moulded the planet as tool makers, our views on religion, science our seriously complex social structures our rapid mental development . The world we have built today is simply amazing from a evoluti…

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  16. Started by Sashatheman,

    check this good video. its 13 minutes, James Randi is well known for exposing phychics. Oh how face they are. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3396869920557391806&q=james+randi

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  17. Started by herpguy,

    Do you think bigfoot (sasquatch, yetti, yowie, you know what I'm talking about) exists? Why or why not? Post your thoughts on bigfoot here! As for me, I think he's real. There may not be any proof of him, but there is no proof that he doesn't exist. Evidence of bigfoot's existence: The Patterson Film is possibly the strongest piece of evidence. It clearly demonstrates a large, ape-like creature. Many people believe it is a fake, but there is no proof of that. There are just too many witnesses. So there must be something out there. Many people have taken audio and video recordings, along with many photos. Sure, it's easy to see that many of them are fa…

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  18. Started by bascule,

    Axiom #1: To get girls takes time and money [math]girls = time * money[/math] Axiom #2: Time is money [math]time = money[/math] Therefore: [math]girls = money^2[/math] Axiom #3: Money is the root of all evil [math]money = \sqrt{evil}[/math] Therefore: [math]girls = \sqrt{evil^2}[/math] From which we can conclude: [math]girls = evil[/math] Q.E.D.

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  19. Started by bascule,

    I had a lousy day today. I woke up and hopped in my car to drive to work, only to discover that my battery was dead. I popped the hood of my car to stare at the immense amount of order, design, and technical sophistication that the engine represented, and how useless it all was with a dead battery. So I hopped on my bike and rode to work. As I was nearing the end of my journey, my workplace in sight at the top of the hill before me, I swerved to avoid a car who clearly saw me as merely an obstacle. In the process, my jeans, my favorite pair of jeans, went over the top of the sprocket and were shreadded. I tried to continue riding, only to find my jeans caught in the s…

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  20. COULD TIME TRAVEL TRULY BE POSSIBLE TODAY? INDEED A GOOD QUESTION AND A VERY COMPLEX QUESTION INDEED. EQUATIONS AND FORMULAS I HAVE DISCOVERED MAY BE THE ANSWER AND THAT IF THESE EQUATIONS ARE REAL MAY PRODUCE TIME TRAVEL UP TO AND BEYOND 20,000 YEARS INTO THE PAST AND INTO THE FUTURE USING AN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH ABOUT 3000 MILES ABOVE ITS SURFACE. WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT LIGHT SPEED WILL PRODUCE TIME TRAVEL BUT IS AN UNOBTAINABLE SPEED AND INPRACTICAL FOR USE TODAY AND THAT SPEEDS MUCH LOWER THAN THE 186,000 MPS UNDERSTOOD TODAY AS THE SPEED OF LIGHT WILL PRODUCE TIME TRAVEL AQND THAT SPEEDS OF ONLY 6000 MPH MAY BE USED TO SUCCEED AT TIME TRAVEL EITHER WITHIN T…

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  21. Started by mr d,

    Hello The truth about aliens. 1) are there any - yes 2) are they intelligent - yes. Their not wanting to have anything to do with us proves it. 3) did they make contact - yes. they’ve spoken to who they wanted to, they’re advanced beings you know, took them all of about 20 seconds to figure out who’s who and what’s what on planet earth. Sorry but if you did not receive the green crystal with the shiny silver tassel your out of luck. 4) is the government covering up about ufo’s - yes. however this is at the request of the aliens. Read item 2 for reason. 5) why are they here - to make sure we don’t get out there. Being that they are peaceful bein…

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  22. Started by Quantoman,

    i think that a black hole is gravity at its highest level (of course) and it is simply inverted light. The super star has accumulated so much mass by producing light that it cause the light to slow down enough to convert it back into mass inverting on its self, not by running out of fuel. Which produces a hole in the space faberic at speeds faster than light. the mass is infintely expanded creating massive amount of pull. This is base on light being mass at the speed of light and mass attracts mass

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  23. Started by asvand,

    If theoretically, the Usa had to fight the 1940 german army, with their current army, how would they go about doing it? Assuming they wouldent nuke berlin, how would they go about doing it? I guess they would soften up all areas with persision bombing and cruise missiles, and then go in at night with night vision. Any other Ideas of the way it would be done?

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  24. Started by amrit,

    What is time? http://www.britannica.com/clockworks/article.html We sense the passage of time in our personal experience and observe it in the world around us. We feel, think, and act in the flow of time. Einstein said, "Space and time are modes by which we think, not conditions under which we live." Time--the time that we know through clocks and calendars--was invented. The measurement of time is an ancient science, though many of its discoveries are relatively recent. The Cro-Magnons recorded the phases of the Moon some 30,000 years ago--but the first minutes were counted accurately only 400 years ago, and the atomic clocks that allow us to track the approa…

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  25. Started by Edtharan,

    The thread How to live forever got me thinking. If we developed the technology to live for ever, or just be able to reconstruct a human being from the ground up (maybe using nano tech), what would life be like? If you could "save" you curent body and have it later be reproduced if anything happened to the curent one, would the threat of death still exist? Would a duplicate (rahter than a clone, this would be an atomic resolution replicant of you) have their own rights, or would there be laws that make creating a duplicate of a living person illegal (though it would still occure - knowing humans)? What would this mean for space travel (we could save a copy of a…

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