Speculations
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https://theconversation.com/fragments-of-energy-not-waves-or-particles-may-be-the-fundamental-building-blocks-of-the-universe-150730
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Proposal for solution to String Theory: When photons are propelled through space what’s left is time. Distance is space over time. Space without time is not a normal vector and vice versa. Distance=space (teleportation) and distance= time (time freeze) In theory, quantum tunneling and teleportation would suggest that photon particles, though they seem like consistent and steady particles, are subject to a momentary flux (a flicker) in energy in a vacuum; thus meaning they are not uniform or self-sustaining like relativity would suggest. This effect however, would be very rare and happen so quickly, that it would not …
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It is proposed here to represent the quantum distribution of atomic orbitals in an unprecedented table where the quantum shells and subshells are drawn in the form of chevrons whose vertices are occupied by orbitals with the magnetic quantum number m = 0. This new representation visually shows, much better than a classic linear chart, the relationship between the number of quantum shells and the number of orbitals . Also, this new visual model can be easily used in the individual quantum depiction of the atoms represented alone or into molecules and can find its place in illustration of some two-dimensional space-time quantum theories. Finally, this graphic representation…
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In my years of study and questioning the ideas of science that effect our world, especially the environment I "always" come across scientist whom for "political reasoning" need to bash others with discriminate words and other "in-direct" or """passive""" insults that brake forum rules systamatically to "diverge" the very fact that scientist have not one clue of what they speak of when dealing with out of the box thinkers" and authentic reasoning... There is no such thing as a dumb question as there is no such thing as absolute concepts.. So the saying goes, there will always be better thinkers as there will always be better mouse traps, as there will always be j…
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I am here today to post details of a design for an Anti-Gravity Drive and ask this question: Does the Anti-Gravity drive as described defy the laws of physics? The work has been viewed by no less than eight professionals in the field. I believe some of these professionals only took a superficial look at the work, but some of them were required to take a fairly deep dive. To date, none of them have been prepared to identify specifically the mistake that I’ve made which has led to what is asserted to be an erroneous conclusion. As a designer, if there is no reason not to proceed, one proceeds. Failure is an unavoidable feature of design. Depending on how y…
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Some People Might Not Have Conscious Experiences I have always assumed that all normally functioning Human Minds would have at least similar kinds of Conscious Experiences. I have thought this for decades. But after many years of discussions about this with people it has finally become clear to me that some people actually must not have Conscious Experiences or Qualia. I limit this observation to things like the Experience of Redness, the Standard A Tone, the Salty Taste and so on. The Experience of Colors and especially the Experience of Redness has been a major target for my discussions with people on the various Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness Forums. There ar…
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Conscious Experience Is A Type Of Data Scientists can describe the Neural Activity that occurs in the Brain when we See. But they seem to be completely puzzled by the Conscious Visual experience that we have that is correlated with the Neural Activity. Incredibly, some even come to the conclusion that the Conscious experience is not even necessary! They can not find the Conscious experience in the Neurons so the experience must not have any function in the Visual process. They believe that the Neural Activity is sufficient for us to move around in the world without bumping into things. This is insane denial of the obvious purpose for Visual Consciousness. Neural Activ…
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When scientists talk about things being 'natural' do they consider intelligence natural or supernatural?
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To my surprise science could never explain how the universe works if it is governed by some underlying intelligence. That would be misunderstanding the 'everything'. Where are the limits of everything? Technological only? Science should be able to determine whether the functioning of the universe is random or governed by an intelligent force that rules our universe. Reference: https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/123416-hijack-from-theory-of-everything/ https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/123339-source-of-all
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I have tried discussing this before but my threads are always shut down. After shutting the last one down I got a message for the admins saying I should lead with the evidence. Well the first thing you need to read is this: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/ The big bang has had its time, everytime the data has falisfied it, its been saved by adding a modern day epicycle, inflation and dark matter being examples of this, there is no underlying reason for them they are just there to balance the equations. The LHC has produced nothing new and scientists say nature is n…
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I recently watched a Netflix Documentary called Human Nature which discusses how CRISPR is being used and could be further used to edit human genes. I found many of the ethical questions raised difficult to parse. I also found the prospect of the human genome being possibly polluted with superficial edits made out of vanity, bias, or per ignorance terrifying. I put this in speculation to open the discussion up to include peoples hopes, fears, ethical concerns, etc are for human gene editing.
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In trying to figure out what space is made of, there is this interesting clue. The speed of light c shows up in special relativity equations, the Einstein equations, DeBroglie wavelength and the basic wave equation c = lambda*f. One might infer the existence of a mechanism that has the speed of light built into, in such a way, that it leads to modern physics equations and spacetime geometry.
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Theory of the Speed of Light By Francisco Gómez Paulet For many years, there has been a mystery in physics which has not yet been solved. The speed of light never varies, we always get the same result. For example, if a light-emitting spotlight is moving towards a device which measures the speed of light at a rate of 1000m/s, the logical conclusion would be to think that the result would be the speed of light plus the speed of the spotlight, or 301,000 m/s, but this is not the case. The result remains the same with no change seen: 300,000 m/s. The explanation for this phenomenon is very simple. Movement as we know it does not actually exist in the uni…
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I've been watching episodes of Star Trek NG, and I wonder why we can't do some of those things. Technologies like the Alcubierre drive, tractor beams, and other forms of propulsion that seem to defy physics as we understand it, could be achieved if we understood the mechanisms that create spacetime, better. There is talk about unifying quantum mechanics with general relativity; but in my opinion, we should be unifying those things with big bang cosmology as well. I am an arch chair physics enthusiast who gets to think about these questions from a point of view of being very motivated to achieve the Star Trek kinds of technology. It is my opinion that what holds us ba…
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During reproduction it's parts of chromosomes that rccombine in order to create an organism. What if not chromosomes but genes recombined?
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Just the simple scan read is pretty comical when related to science. Calculus a art or fill in the blank with what this guy knows and add to what my guy knows so i can say this is what i know. As stated "Creationist" a misunderstanding of a moral guideline to create a perception that is formulated to create happiness even if at the bottom and the some of the high knowledge achievable through perception lost by unopenmidness. Before i start yes there is some glimmer of truth in known physics the successful creations by engineers are proof of that fact, however to all those that think the current physics will stand in time are being "silly". People have mapped …
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Watch that and enjoy! video link removed by moderator What is your opinion?
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Hello All, I'm compiling the meta data for inclusion in my next book but I thought I might briefly describe the process here for your blistering criticism before I do. Well, here go: The whole of healthy brain function is predicated on it's ability to maintain its metabolic homeostasis, which is its ability to maintain its metabolic balance. Through conscious cognitive activity, sleep emerges in the brain from an accumulation of interstitial waste (adenosine) which affects its ability to process or metabolize blood nutrients. This accumulation occurs amid brain volume swelling by as much as 6% from the previous sleep cycle. This swelling is likely a conseque…
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Hi, We quoted trusted sources that claim there are several/many parallel worlds within the cosmos that are exactly such as each one on us! Also it contains several hidden civilizations side by side of our civilizations on the same earth we live!! that are soooo much more advanced than us! But i researched those the powerful/highest-ranked/greatest sources of the Science and didn't find the Third parallel life that i wanna seek/ask and i have to ask that here of sources of 21th-century's science! Well, Do we have any Life/Families like to our Lifes/Families on the same civilization on the earth!?? I thought about that since: I watched the…
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Gravity and Human Evolution The advent of bipedalism would result in increased activation of specific facial antigravity reflexes. The actions of the muscles involved are known to increase dopamine levels. Dopamine is believed to be a central foundation of human brain evolution. Increasing dopamine levels increases levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) the ‘neuron fertiliser’ with transgenerationally heritable consequences. This suggests (1). an explanation for why our dopamine rise when we stand, (2). a mechanism by which the advent of bipedalism could initiate transgenerational increases in brain growth (3). an explanation for why bipedalism precede…
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Another reason time will terminate All electromagnetic energy terminates with distance. Electricity going through a cable diminishes and terminates with distance. Radio waves terminate at a certain distance. A sound wave through Doppler Effect stretches with distance from the source and eventually loses noise. Light from blue shift to red shift loses energy in an elongated wave length and eventually terminate in travel. That is why the more distant stars are dimmer in light than the closer stars. The light from the more distant stars lose intensity with a greater distance to span. Even light from further stars do not make it to our skies because at that distan…
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wrt the initial_speed vi; & relativistic if you (only) swap (=reverse) its perspective from wrt earth's minimum_speed 0 to wrt earth's maximum_speed c. Reversing the Kinetic_energy (perspective) KE=m*v*va (wrt Earth’s_speed), *(-1)' gives -KE'=m'*(-)*v'*va' (wrt light’s_speed) which is already relativistic. Please notice if I let c=v+u, u=c-v, u=-v', (prime_symbol ‘ is wrt light’s_speed) then the (negative) speed_difference (wrt light’s_speed), is -v'=-(vf'-vi')=vi'-vf' & the average_(accelerated)_speed (wrt light’s_speed), is va'=(vi'+vf')/2 for initial…
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Hubble explained he discovered other galaxies accelerating away from our milky way galaxy but could it be that those galaxies are being pulled away by the gravitational pull of other galaxies? It is a fact that the Andromeda galaxy is pulled toward our galaxy by gravity and gravity accelerates the direction of the pull. Perhaps it is not that space is spreading the galaxies away at an accelerated pace but rather other galaxies are pulled by an accelerated gravitational force towards each other away from us much like andromeda galaxy is being pulled towards our milky way galaxy. just a thought.
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I’ve been wondering about the significance of generating interference fringes of 3d representations of “fresnel zones”. Would the parameters used in generating high res fresnel zones be useful in describing wave functions in the same way an actual zone plate would be? It's hard to imagine the math in the code wouldn’t be in some way related to the actual physical phenomena if the result is visually identical, but perhaps I’m mistaken. I’ve been exploring a 3d object and stumbled upon some emergent interference fringes (the fringes are not programmed intentionally) and I’m wondering if that means the object could be useful for modeling waves, wave interactions etc. Here’s …
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I originally was going to make it only about this NGE scene, but I think using TV as a jumping point for talking about real-life medical issues would be a worthwhile theme to repeatedly revisit, so I'd like to make this a megathread if moderators are okay with this. Without giving too much away, one of these characters is a clone of a member of the other character's immediate family, but neither of them knows it yet. One would think that genetics alone would prevent that kind of attraction that... seems to be what's being portrayed here. And yet, it occurs. It makes sense evolutionarily that something with risks of birth def…
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