Speculations
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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:
- 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.
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I have made a video and uploaded it to youtube and was looking for some feedback. Here is the video (deleted) I think this is the proper forum if not I will move it. Any comments or feedback is appreciated. Thanks for watching.
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I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in "speculations" , but I chose this section because what I am going to attempt to do is explain the Duality properties of light within the context of classic Newtonian Physics. While this new idea is certainly not well known to mainstream science, it does meet the criteria for a legitimate hypothesis , and it is not mere speculation because this new idea comes much closer to explaining the properties of light without defying known conventional physics, creating contradictions in logic or paradoxes, I.E. kinetic energy without mass. As most of us here know I would hope, Kinetic energy is a property of a mass in relative mot…
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Ladies and gentlemen. What follows DOES NOT represent my views-- but I saw it on another forum and had just never seen anything like it before. Just thought some might be interested in reading it. Here it is: (Author NOT revealed) Do you believe in global warming? Climate change? I used to think it was a complete hoax. Lately I am becoming more convinced it is happening. I used to believe that Man was incapable of having any effect on the environment. I now believe that he or she can cause the weather to change for the better or worse. What does this have to do with deep theological discussion you ask? Let me explain. I still believe that global warming ha…
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Ego has no real place in science, neither does belief. Real science does not seek to silence opposing viewpoints by disqualifying them as non mainstream. You could be right if your hypothesis holds water, until someone disproves or falsifies it it is valid as such. I don't agree with your description and basic premise and I can prove to myself and most educated and moderately intelligent individuals that they are incorrect using only facts. The one thing all exceptionally intelligent individuals understand is what we actually know to be true and what we think is true or are accepted as true by even "the mainstream" are not necessarily the same thing , that is referre…
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I could have sat here all night responding to the various comments on this thread, but instead I'm going to add my own thoughts which do not relate to anyone elses. Firstly, the "theory of relativity" is a poor label for Einsteins work. At the time it was first called a theory it had never been tested, it was simply announced as such. It is also critical to understand that similar theories existed well before he penned his famous conclusions and he admitted being incapable of supporting it through his own work. It took the input of many individuals who never got a single bit of credit to form the mathematical basis of the theory. Einstein himself accepted a pr…
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The electron configuration of atoms is a pretty important sequence of numbers: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 (Hydrogen to Palladium) Essentially: 2, 2, 6, 2, 6, 2, 10, 6, 1, 10 If you isolate the up electron spin: 1s1 2s1 2p3 3s1 3p3 4s1 3d5 4p3 5s1 4d5 or: 1 1 3 1 3 1 5 3 1 5 ... The prime number sequence is an equally important sequence of numbers: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53... If you isolate the number gaps between the prime…
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According to Wikipedia, This definition is sufficient, but this discussion is about robotic self replication, but not about nanotechnology or cellular replication. . Finally the question, "Is a Replicator Possible Now," is too open; conditions follow: A robot with dexterity and mobility like humans Computer processing distributed, using both local and cloud based AI Plans for the robot and tools necessary to make itself complete and accessible by the robot Raw materials and energy provided for the robot to use making itself Teachers to led the robot and AI through building at least one copy of itself (Will it be a robot selfie?) T…
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I’m spanking new here and don’t know exactly where to start, but I’m 83 now and don’t have time to learn anything, so I’ll just leap in by noting beecee’s comment: “that because there are many unqualified people that come to a science forum to tell everyone participating, how mainstream science has got it wrong, and they have the answer!” Well, by gum, I’m undoubtedly one of those, but then I’m a Life Member of Mensa, a member of ISPE, and was once Regent of the Triple Nine Society, so I must be smart . . . I think. Anyway I can’t help responding to alexcouch’s observation “You can't really have nothing, cause if there is nothing, then why is there something within this…
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We are all aware that over the last 60-70 years we have been able to survive once life ending infections due to the miracle that we call antibiotics. In Britain (where i am from) what this has achieved is a social care crisis. people living very long lives and needing alot of care with not enough money to pay for this care. Also a housing shortage. Are we right to prolong life before evolution would like us too?. My question is this, some bacteria that would kill one person eg a staph infection can live harmoniously on the skin of another person without concequence. We are all aware that bacteria adapt for survival. Are we preventing currently dangerous bacteria from evol…
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Quantum entanglement is explained if we are in a simulation. You see two separated particles even they are billions of ly away still interact with each other faster than the speed of light.Why is this so? It seems that there are invisible wires connecting them. This mystery is explained when we are living in a simulation. Space is only an illusion and actually there is no space which separates those particles. Imagine in a computer screen. If you click something in the right of screen, it will instantly affect something at the left side of screen like the scenario in playing games.
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To begin this page here is a quote from an article on Wikipedia I was reading a moment ago: "Magnetic pressure is an energy density associated with a magnetic field. Any magnetic field has an associated magnetic pressure contained by the boundary conditions on the field. It is identical to any other physical pressure except that it is carried by the magnetic field rather than (in the case of a gas) by the kinetic energy of gas molecules. A gradient in field strength causes a force due to the magnetic pressure gradient called the magnetic pressure force." So in magnetic pressure being identical to physical pressure except in being carried by a magnetic field rather than th…
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My Kepler Bb humanoids have a digestive system that is similar to ours but also in 2 anatomical ways, different. The 1 anatomical difference that gives these humanoids more energy is, wait for it, their appendix. Now this is a normal human appendix, only a few inches long. But a Kepler Bb humanoid's appendix is at least 3 times as long. With this added length, more good bacteria can be safely tucked away when the humanoid is ill and cellulose can be digested into simple sugars and absorbed into the bloodstream. This coupled with an overall higher BMR(basal metabolic rate) means that they get more energy from the same kinds of food than we do, particularly f…
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http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=64084 The basic premise of this article is that human generated electromagnetic radiation is contributing to global warming. It may do so by diverting an energy force termed KELEA (kinetic energy limiting electrostatic attraction) from its presumed association with cosmic rays. Cosmic ray delivered KELEA is viewed as normally participating in the formation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). It may do so by transforming electrostatically inert particles into electrostatic aerosols capable of acting as CCN. The resulting clouds act as a reflective …
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The Electric and Magnetic Forces are undoubtedly “action at a distance” forces what cannot be denied. This means that a “Physics System” would exist “running” the Physics Laws on the elementary particles. This leaves us to think in a mathematically based Universe that would “run” in some kind of “Universal Supra-computer”. There's no other way possible! The proof of the existence of a deistic "God" follows quite obviously: Some kind of "Superior Intelligence" must have 1) built the “Universal Supra-computer” machine, 2) programmed the Physics Laws in the machine and 3) setted the numerical values of the parameters of the Physics Laws. That "Superior Intelligence…
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Anyone know? What are the latest scientific data suggesting?
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Vis_viva=2*KE is twice the kinetic energy KE=m*v*va of a mass m multiplied by (both) its ((linearly) accelerated) speed_difference v=vf-vi, & average_speed va=(vi+vf)/2, for the initial & final speeds vi, vf. -- (That (double KE) was) Something I call(ed) speed_energy SE=2*KE, (pronounced: see to key) to get rid of the 2 divider (way back when .., in my notes). I.e. Depetto's (1903) E=m*(c^2) looked like twice a KE formula. ("Wasn't that (rest mass energy) missing the half?") -- Gravesande (had) dropped various brass ball weights in clay mud, & foun…
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in the center of the universe, there is now the shell of the big bang. It is now the largest black hole in the universe. With the contrast between the flowering universe that is expanding endlessly; this shell retracts into itself, becoming the largest black hole at the center of the universe. It is necessary because it scales in with the growth of the universe and keeps things from "flying apart" too much. Now my question is: is this theory new and sound? I welcome questions or ways to go deeper into this.
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Watched alot of science stuff lately, here is something that I theorize: 0 and 1 is male. It is absolute, black or white, one or the other. Some things, like computers operate with this system of "0s and 1s" However; Every number inbetween 0 and 1, an infinite number of numbers, is another story (female). This male and female are as alien to each other as it gets and thus their interactions cause amazing things to occur. It is this interaction that causes chaos in the universe (when male is dominant because it can't handle how advanced it all is) and harmony in the universe (when female is dominant) Since they are alien to each other allow me to further …
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Is it worth studying, do you reckon?
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I am the guy who invented 'non-beliefism' (url removed) Ever wonder why scientists believe in science? The *FACTS*: (1) Belief definition: "To accept as true, especially absent evidence". (Note: None of the varying meanings of belief under a particular dictionary's definition of belief opposes the meaning above. Any opposing meaning would be found in antonyms instead..) (Google belief definition source) (2) Belief tends to facilitate that beings ignore evidence, on the boundary of confirmation bias: (Cognitive paper on belief) (3) "Belief memories" are typically false: (Neuroscience paper on belief) Belief is observed to oppose scienc…
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"An Engineered Theory of Motion" If this is "it", the it that this is would cover the very bottom. It could be implemented with a matter-field theory and/or a string/M-theory, then the Standard Model could sit on top of that, and on up howsoever. Not much if anything seems depreciated, and many strange puzzles seem solved by one simple proposal. Here, through reverse-engineering, "a single coherent framework" (Barrow, p.17) hopes to explain "the different fundamental forces...with effective descriptions of each of the different interactions between particles of matter and light." Yet, first a "bedrock of reality" (p.12), would need to come with all that, a mechani…
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What is consciousness (pure scientific) ? Are insects conscious? I think consciousness is the way you interpret (or deal with) stored knowledge. During your life you get a lot of knowledge through learning/observing which is what forms/feeds your consciousness. Since insects have also a lot of neurons...they have also consciousness. A cockroach has +/- 1 000 000 neurons in his brain/nervous system while a fruit fly has only 250 000 neurons. You should think of the principles underlying how you put a brain together or what's a brain made of.There is no reason to limit having consciousness to animals with a human-like brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/w…
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Right well, before you think I'm crazy. I'm speculating on how DNA can be modified in the future, give or take hopefully within the next 25 years. I set up a poll and you are welcome to vote on it. 1. The Crispr/CAS9 is a well known method that uses a bacteria enzyme to cut and modify the DNA. They've had successful modification of the animal embryo, but it could be error prone. It uses a molecular scissor to cut the DNA and after that you swap in the desired DNA sequence. 2. The nanomachine method is all theoretical, scientist are working on building a nanomachine of this scale not to mention method of mass production. Let's imagine each nanomachine contains a wi…
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The history before the history The earliest fossils of hominids date from 3,5 million years. These hominids spread across the globe. With the genetic variation and influence of environment various species appeared. Which explains the Neanderthal man, that is human like us, our cousin in evolution. Some groups isolated themselves like what happened in Australia. These hominids were to Europe, Middle East, Asia and Oceania where Lemuria existed that was flooded by the Oceans, and to Atlantis that remained, according to Plato, after the Strait of Gibraltar. After homo sapiens, more or less, about 20,000 years ago, appeared on Earth the white races (Arians), Egyptian…
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Wandering around the forum I read a moderator's(swansont) thread which included the following words: "You are contradicting accepted science. Accepted science has a large amount of data supporting it, so if your thesis runs contrary to experimental results, you have basically pre-falsified your work. If you are proposing a new theory, it has to do better than the one it's supplanting. Remember, you have to be consistent with all of what has been observed, not just some small subset of it." I cannot understand the reason that we still have all science based on maths to "be accepted" by scientific community. A new discovery backed by mathematics should be ultimat…
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