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My opinion of Albert Einstein has not been a good one up until now. I just read a quote by him that changed my opinion of him as a human being, utterly, and for the better. Here is the quote as it was presented in the philosophy science forum : " Our task must be to free ourselves ... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it`s beauty" " Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. " unquote Perhaps there is some hope for we humans after all. Yes I am a vegetarian and reading those words of his meant a lot to me. I am too tired…

Hello. I took an IQ test a week ago an i will describe my experience. First task was to memorize symbols that applied to numbers 1-9 and then you were supposed to write the symbols under a about 10 rows of random numbers and you had 2 minutes to fill everything up. I did good at that. then there were tasks such as aligning cubes with 4 differend patterns on each side to the picture shown to me. That was time measured. And when im under pressure i cant concentrate and i couldn´t control my own hands, It was like i had Parkinson´s disease so i didn´t do well at that task. then there were basic knowledge, aligning of storylines, puzzles, mathematics, memory of nu…

My memory is bad. Possible reasons?

The government inspector ---- at the moment, she ---- around the factory. A) has come/is being shown B) comes/is shown C) has been coming/shows D) came/is showing E) is coming/will be shown I didn't understand..what is correct answer?

Translation: "Six questions that help identify any hidden psychological diseases a young soldier might have. If the soldier can’t see the number in one of the 6 circles on the test picture, then he may suffer from:" (original version here) Can’t see circle 1: High aggression, proneness to conflict, the recommendation is to add more physical excercise and cold showers. Can’t see circle 2: Possible low than average intellectual abilities, can’t serve with sophisticated equipment. Can’t see circle 3: Possible debauchery, soldier should get increased daily ration, should get more physical activity tasks, should not be connected to food supplies, etc. Can’t see circ…

in graphite electrodes are the layers of carbon and therefore the 'sea of electrons' inbetween arranged in straight lines all the way through the electrode? and if so, is this the case in any piece of graphite?

Just kidding... Actually, I've been thinking about something for awhile now. Joining SFN has really enlightened me on alot of topics. One of those being the theory of evolution. I've always struggled with certain ideas that abound in a "creationist"....ahem..."community." You must understand, I have a religious background and still regularly attend church. Mostly because I feel the need to and because of "pressure." This is the simple summation of my thoughts the past few months. 1. Creationism is a fallacy ridden ideology. 2. God and an evolutionary origin are not compatible. I know there are many prominent scientists who believe in God, but after rea…

I'm looking for an Chinese-English e-book thanks in advance

Hello. I recently decided that I should use the internet more to get closure on all the strange and sometimes silly ideas and questions that occur to me for whatever reason late at night. Googling "best science forum" gave SFN, so I registered here. I was wondering what other forums people use for science and other related subjects. What are the best forums, with the best posters (educated but noob-friendly)? Topics I am interested in right now are: Economics, Geology, History, Art, Medicine, Religion (pretty much everything really) Any recommendations? Thx!

Not sure where to put this...Anyway, I have a goal in my life to memorize 50,000 letters of pi. If you have the same strange goal, you can look at the first 50,000 digits of pi here. 3. 141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647 093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559 644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165 271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360 011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953 0921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527…

I might as well post this considering it began in my former hometown... http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html The story began with the announcement that a 6-year-old boy had constructed a relatively large UFO-shaped helium balloon along with his father. Allegedly, one of his brothers reported that the boy had hopped aboard the balloon shortly before it broke free of the ground and floated up into the air. (Bonus points: calculate the volume of helium needed to lift your average 6-year-old into the air and see if it is even plausible for this much helium to fit in a 20' diameter 5' tall circular balloon) After an hour in the air,…

It is the most basic and fundamental science. Why Study Physics? http://www.aps.org/programs/education/whystudy.cfm do you agree with this ? which is most basic and fundamental science? physics or math?

A few favorites: How to Kiss A Woman ~ Captain Kirk 0VuIShM5kAQ I watch this next one when I'm sick to boost my immune system: Richard Simmons ~ 'Who's Line Is It Anyways?' 7POvKK3hXUs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7POvKK3hXUs

Corrupted is a great band. First of all they hail from Japan but they sing in Spanish, that by itself is way cool. Second the music is very heavy, something around electric wizard but heavier, which suits the music as its droner metal overall as far as classifications could be made I think. The music itself has a lot of lucid type psychological aspects to it along with philosophy that I am sure would not suit a great deal of people, but to me its simply awesome. In one song in towards the beginning you could almost make it out in English like he said "they honor DNA and call it their god". This goes along with lots of other interesting aspects that make the band to say th…

I am disgusted with mooeypoo`s continuing attempts at portraying me as a plagiarist. These latest accusations surround a posting of mine where I clearing stated my source of this quote attributed to Albert Einstein. My source was the Philosophy Science Forum and I said so in the original posting. For one thing how can you possibly be plagiarizing by refering to a quote attributed to Einstein in a forum. How can I possibly be guilty of plagiarism by doing that. How am I trying to claim credit for some idea or concept if I am quoting them. I recieved three different postings in that thread by her accusing me of plagiarism. When I attempted to find another source of this quo…

Hi everyone. I was just wondering why cats are strongly associated with females? I ask this because as a guy that loves cats, I was told by a woman once that I was "weird". I'm grateful I didn't tell her of my crossdressing! (just kidding). I've noticed in advertising too that cats are generally associated with girls/women. The majority of cat food commercials have women whilst dog food commericals have men. I was intrigued once when I saw a women once wearing stockings that had a cat motif around the ankles. I mean, you wouldn't put a German shepherd motif around the feet of stockings for a woman to wear, now would you? Think of superheroes. Only a w…

From a letter by Darwin... "I have been now ever since my return engaged in a very presumptuous work & which I know no one individual who wd not say a very foolish one." Pretty close to the way I feel (or perhaps how others will in due time). Been going it 5+ years. Just curious though, does anyone else here feel the same way, or has in the past? Do hope so (Credit Sisyphus for introducing that website previously)

...as in when making an extraordinary claim. Are there historical scientific examples?

Does anyone know when exactly the HAMP guide will launch? I just read an article that it is suppose to come out soon but when? People in my locality including me are frantically waiting for it :confused:

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/to-top-scientist.html Today, he probably would have posted here. (Just a reminder not to be too much of a killjoy.)

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/oreilly_dawkins_or_what_happen.php I have some respect for Bill-O and I do at least consider him honest. It's just hard to believe he actually believes his arguments in this piece. It is also irritating how the 30 second exchanges will not allow someone like Dawkins to properly trash Bill.

I am learning to avoid direct gaze and use one eye looking across the nose bridge as a reference. I seek confirmatory, clarificatory feedback data. The Good Effects I Experience are : § The Seeing eye, rolled down to the nose corner, pulled in to the nose bridge reference comes alive, active § The other eye is relaxed completely. § The scalp stretches across the temples inside the skull. The Problems I Face are : § Sometimes I get muddled between 2 objects of the same thing. § What do I do for depth if the other eye is rendered inactive.

How's it done? I uploaded one but in the preview/edit it shows up as a link rather that the image. I've seen it where others have the image embedded into the post as well, and you click for a larger version. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedNevermind, found out by experimenting (not w drugs ) For those wishing to know... Upload the image. Close the pop-up window for it. Then click on Manage Attachments (the pull-down menu next to the Attachments icon). On that little pull-down menu you'll see the image name. Click on it and you're done. The attachment should be four digits (i.e. 1234, and nothing else) in between the "Attach" tags.

Hello. I'm new to the forums and I hope this is the correct place for my post. I have joined specifically to find someone (and others later hopefully) to help myself and my friends with a project we are working on. We have been developing the theoretical side of the project for the last year and have now reached the stage where we need skilled assistance in specific areas. Initially we need someone with practical skills in using scientific computer programs and if possible access to those programs on a day to day basis. We estimate that initially the help we require would one or two days to achieve to supply us with the data we require. Naturally, the person(s) …

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