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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.

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  1. Not wishing to "Hijack" another thread, but keen to help where possible by opening doors for those asking... ":How did we come from nothing" &c. ...I have assembled the following which, as far as I can see, is much better than "nothing". Read on, and Isaac Newton himself will have a few words to say which defends my efforts here. Those who are offended may...choose their own opinions. This IS speculations, although every hypothesis really is. That position I will answer quickly. As you have witnessed, Mainstream Science is not equipped to answer your very reasonable question. If I may, I will provide the answers that my research has turned up, as an uns…

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  2. Started by Danilo_Rocha2,

    Once, I heard about that the Sun releases 1,7x10^17 J per year and our most advanced solar cell can take out 43% of the energy that came form the Sun. So if we put many solar cells in Africa, specifically in the Saara Desert, that has 9 200 000 km^2 we could produce enough energy to power all Africa. But even if we just put the solar cells on top of the houses, they could still have enough power to live without power that comes from a generator that runs with oil or some kind of fuel and stops working when they need. Some kids would be able to study at night and have better grades, consequently have better lives.

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  3. Started by jajrussel,

    Aether, I know it doesn’t exist. My question is about why we know it doesn’t exist. The Michelson-Morley experiment. Which actually as I read about it doesn’t really make sense to me because if c is c invariant what exactly were they looking for? But, Einstein’s c invariant was after M&M, okay that lines up. Hmm, but what other proofs were being looked for? why was Aether assumed stationary? If they expected it to be stationary, why were they assuming a variation of c would be found? I would assume that a stationary system would have to be non-reactive. the reason I ask is because I was watching a video about dark matter, and dark energy and the r…

  4. Started by Danilo_Rocha2,

    Dark Matter is approximatly 85% of our universe, we don't know what it is so we can´t say that is matter. But imagine if Dark Matter was a distortion in the space-time fabric and those distrotions were grooves left by stars, planets or even galaxies, that were doing their thing and just did it.

  5. Started by Olorin,

    While not so many would be interested in Pangaea, Sprites may be somewhat more topical. This phenomenon has only received credence from the scientific community in the last 30 years. In fact, much of the interest is likely from the birds-eye view offered by the International Space Station: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150821.html The thread on Sprites is moved to Speculation "Split from Pangaea", since it is related to much of that material.

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  6. Firstly, understand that time is an illusion. Humans count 86400 seconds (1440 minutes or 24 hours) to make up one day and that is what is called time. Time is just numbers people give to different moments of the existential plane. So you cannot really talk about the age of the universe or whatever when really time as we know it is an illusion. I think that there is another concept beyond our reach in this dimension that would be more suited to talk about what you people call time. Secondly, time did not come into existence. Think about what people call time travel. You are different from what you were 10 years ago physiologically not because of time but because …

  7. Started by Jon O'Starr,

    About myself I have just joined this forum and wish to describe my background. Educated to M.Sc. Level, with some relevant work experience thereafter, I opted for a more mundane career some 40 years ago and have been a carpenter and joiner ever since. I have always retained an interest in many fields of science – this in no participatory manner, more by way of reading “popular science” and relevant TV viewing. Dark energy So, this is an idea that occurred to me, I would not wish to present it as a theory, more as an idea for discussion. I would be totally not surprised to find that it is not original and can be discounted fo…

  8. Started by Muhammad Faidzul,

    Hello, Its been a couple of years since i came up with this idea. Just want to share with you a video that i made explaining this theory. Basically, it is explained from an electrostatic perspective of a neutral atom that i call the neutrostatic field. It is the parasitic electric field from a dipole atom that we consider 'neutral'. But both charge is not occupying the same space at the same time so the net field cannot be absolute zero at any distance from the atom. Since the positive nucleus and the negative electron is separated by the bohr radius, then their is always a net weak field in any space around it. Currently I'm attempting to do some simple calculation …

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  9. http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=youre_not_a_nerd So I was recently thinking about this Maddox article today, as I was trying to snap some pictures and videos of the scenic sunset. Photography is an interest of mine, but to some extent so is chemistry, so it brought to mind this article challenging the sincerity of the supposed love for science of people who love the photography brought to us by science. The first reason was "why don't you go do some." I think not everyone is willing to commit to 8 years in university, along with the subsequent "publish or perish" lifestyle to become a scientist. People say they love sex while posting on…

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  10. They never did. But could they do this in right circumstances?

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  11. Started by Hans de Vries,

    I do two things 1. I replace my entire DNA in the brain with that of someone else, let's say it's Obama. In order to prevent rejection I undergo autologous bone marrow transplant. 2. To destroy the existing gray matter structure I use some kind of technology to kill neurons in my brain and turn them into glial scars. Then I use glia to neuron conversion technology to turn those scars back to functioning neurons. Would I get a brain structure fundamentally simialr to that of Obama?

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  12. Just curious about virus reaction to fumes, like the smoking effect, maybe it is more potent for bacteria?

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  13. Started by martillo,

    Inspired in the thread "Nothing can come from nothing so something always existed!" at the Physics' Forum I'm exploring the idea that what could have ever existed is a Turing-like Machine running over a limited discrete 3D Space. And thinking in an entire Universe evolving from something very simple I think in an evolving Turing-like Machine from may be a very simple binary automata to a more complex one with time over an also evolving 3D Space. The elementary elements of the 3D Space would have some attributes which would let define elementary particles in some places. The elementary particles would obey some rules which would constitute the physics' laws of the Uni…

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  14. Started by MattReardon,

    Before I get started, let me say that I am not a scientist (that much I’m sure will be clear soon) but I am college educated in Aviation Science and I do like solving puzzles. About a year ago, I randomly started thinking about why the universe has perplexing issues with accelerating expansion and had what felt like an epiphany. It has been in the back of my mind since and I’ve been too short on time/and or courage to ask knowledgeable people their thoughts, but here I am now. My “epiphany” was that if the universe were sphere shaped and the Big Bang happened at the “North Pole” of the sphere and everything traveled south, then it would appear that different sectors of th…

  15. Started by Olorin,

    Roman Numerals present something of a mystery. While the Plebeians may have been too poor to have much use for numbers as large as 1000 or M by virtue of their poverty and limited technology, their system (excluding for the moment shorthand representations like IX for 10 - 1 = 9) is a descendant of the Egyptian system apparently without the shorthand convention, and with different characters. The beauty of it, though, was that Plebeians did not need schooling to count and learn some arithmetic tricks. The non-subtractive notation was a direct representation of results on an abacus. So how did the accountants of Patricians operate with such a limited system during the…

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  16. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Muwanguzi Joshua <email address deleted> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020 Subject: CAN WE DISCOVER A FUTURE THEORY BEFORE ITS MADE. To: email address deleted my answer is yes.Using the story finder method we can find the future problem. THE STORY FINDER METHOD. This is how the story finder method works. Steps to take.(how the method works). . Your task is to find all the sentences or stories possible in a selection of words. 1.List all possible sentences,stories or theories in the words that exist today or in a selection e.t.c.(you can create a software t…

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  17. “Gravity is the force of attraction that makes things fall straight down.” That is how we commonly describe or define gravity. As to the song “ what goes up must come down”, due to gravity. Then, think about this: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-gravity-is-wrong/2019/08/01/627f3696-a723-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html “ So: “Gravity is what makes things fall straight down.” Well, yes — depending on what we mean by “straight down.” The path seems straight only because you’re standing still relative to the Earth. As Galileo realized, if you drop a rock from the mas…

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  18. A Quantum Mechanical Interpretation of the Consequences of Special Relativity Einstein's theory of Special Relativity Einstein's theory of Special Relativity predicts that for objects travelling at a significant fraction of the speed of light time dilates. Experimental observations are in agreement with the predictions. For example ordinarily short lived particles such as Muons when at rest are observed by a stationary observer to exist for significantly longer periods when travelling at speeds approaching the speed of light. Mathematically Speed = Distance/Time As the speed of light is expected to be constant in any frame of reference (conseq…

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  19. Betelgeuse is estimated to be 642.5 light years away. Why is dynamics of brightness of Betelgeuse so closely aligned with the dynamics of solar activity? Diagram source link: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/couldnt-sun-be-cause-global-warming Diagram source link: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/fainting-betelgeuse/ Moreover, in addition to the correlation with 10-13 years solar cycles on the Betelgeuse brightness graph, there are clear 1 year cycles of brightness fluctuations also visible. Based on this fact, I assume that Betelgeuse, like all other "stars" and "galaxies", are located in the Oort Cloud and reflect sunlight. Here is a…

  20. NO, it absolutely cannot be arbitrary. (in this answer I will use the words “plus” and “minus” instead of “positive” and “negative”) “Plus” is the effect towards outside (expansion, blowing, explosion, yang), “minus” is the effect towards inside (reduction, suctioning, implosion, yin). For example, the act of inhaling is plus, because our chest expands; the act of exhaling is minus, because it reduces in size. From the history of electromagnetism it is known that Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790) is the man who was the first to introduce the terms “positive” and “negative”, i.e. “plus/minus” in the field of electricity in the middle of the 18th century. Previou…

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  21. Einstein's 1905 derivation of E=MC² involved a thought-experiment using photons to derive a Lorentz factor equation and (ignoring higher powers in the Taylor expansion) comparing that equation to the classical Kinetic Energy Equation. This is actually the only valid method of deriving E=MC², other methods such as the one involving a photon in a box, are merely examples of 'petitio principii', something Herbert Ives wrongly criticised Einstein's 1905 derivation for. Indeed Ives' own attempt at a derivation was an example of 'petitio principii', as well as containing a mathematical error. The problem with a derivation involving the classical Kinetic Energy Equatio…

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  22. Started by Stegosaurus,

    Let's clearly state that not all 360 degrees of the earth is facing the sun at any given time. The light that lights up those early mornings comes in cycles. This is because the friction is greater at the point at which that earth is facing the sun. Now that the moon is stuck between that friction cuasing it to rotate around earth makes it act like a bouy. Now light will curve around a sphere and this light curve causing it to cause gravity. The friction of light at the focal point of earth actually pushes against it but when it finally reaches the moon at the point when it is at it's greatest distance from earth actually pushes the earth back against the sun. Which in re…

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  23. Started by Stegosaurus,

    Is surging the electrons and protons of an atom a certain distance a waist of time. In this surge the atoms will stay intake as long as it number of electrons and protons stay the same. Is this how signals work?

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  24. Started by Yusef,

    That's exactly what [1]I'm telling you. [2]NO ONE CAN KNOW. Therefore, trying to guess or make it fit your "algorithm" or your "crossword" [3]is NOT science. I don't know why you think it would be. You're guessing about things nobody can know and claiming you're right. 1. Therefore anyone anything says, i will tell him that let I ask 'Phil for All' if he verified that it be true LoL!! 2. Source?? Experience: Do you ask one by one of the people of the world??? Study: Have you ever read all of the books of the world and haven't found within them anything about that???? 3. What the science is? Many sources say there are ot…

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  25. Started by Olorin,

    There are about 5000 moons discovered in our solar system since probes have returned data on our planets. Of These, there are only 45 which have synchronous rotation. Earth's moon is one of these, and tidal drag is the explanation. While my mathematics is insufficient to perform such calculations, it seems unlikely with such a preponderance of non-synchronous moons unless both oceans are unnecessary and these moons have all been recently captured. This last is a possibility because there was a huge increase in meteor strikes during the Ordovician Period which may have been coincident with the creation of the asteroid belt. In that case many of these 5000 moons may date fr…

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