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I'm currently doing a little research on Gematria. Would like to hear some opinions from the scientific community. Gematria Brief Intro: In its simplest form, gematria involves assigning a numerical value to each English letter. The numerical values are assigned based on the order of the letters in the English alphabet. For example, the letter A has a value of 1, the letter B has a value of 2, and so on. Gematria can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to find hidden meanings in the Bible, For example, the name 'David' has a numerical value of 14, which is the same numerical value of the word 'king.' This suggests that David was destined to be king…

I was reminded of an interesting fact (?) when i was reading some psycho's claim here that Muslims knew the speed of light. I'm not puting my thing in the religious section, because the origin of my question is only a sidenote, my ultimate pondering is only scientific. Now though you're going to think i'm just an idiot because i cannot refind the source and precise wording of my fact in inquiry, so i hope you can figure out what is going on. A sacred Hindu number is 108. This number is aproximately how many times the moons diameter that it is from the Earth, AND how many times the Earth's diameter it is from the sun. Either that or its was how many times the sun's…

Here are a few of mine: 1. "SAGITTARIUS A STAR" This title bothered me for many years until I figured it out. Why do they call a supermassive black hole a "STAR"? Black holes are NOT stars! Then I finally realized it means "Sagittarius A ASTERISK." That is dumb. Call it "Sagittarius A Hole". 2. Why not call: Dark Matter = Unknown Gravity? Why not call: Dark Energy = Space Energy? Because no can do, we must stay with the original racist terms. 3. Why RPMs? That means either "revolutions per minute" or "rounds per minute." Call it something people, such as I, can relate to. Say "RPS" or "revolutions per second" and "rounds per second" to save y…

Was wandering if anyone could tell me what this is it very round and rattles

Hello. If an apple orchard is populated with half a dozen varieties to favor cross-pollinization, and an early bee lands on tree 'variety A' and makes its pollen distribution among the flowers of such tree... An hour later, a second bee that had been playing with 'variety B' blossoms somewhere else arrives to the 'variety A' tree which was already visited as explained previously. What good or effect will the second bee provide with its 'better/foreign/varied' pollen to the flowers that were already self-pollinated by the first bee ? Having proper tree varieties around to induce optimal fruiting does not mean success because some previous self pollinizati…

I don't see any folder on this forum for paleontology so I thought this would be the best place on this forum to post this. Dinosaurs are fascinating but Im wondering how paleontologists get the funding to do their research. I don't really see much of a demand for such research so most research would not be consumer funded I take it, and to the best of my knowledge the government does not fund such research so Im wondering where the funding comes from.

Hi all. Television is bombarding advertisements for the sale of Viagra pills at $0.87 each. If it is to be believed; how sales of something that was ~$40 each is now paying for expensive commercials and still making a profit in the era of inflation ? If production of the chemical was $0.01 each pill, and the chain of sales takes the typical ten times every stage of handling it; how can be advertised at more intensity than the sales of automobiles with a $50k sticker each ?

Hello all. My back yard has dozens of unproductive young trees 2m to 3m tall that will be eradicated or cut them off at or below soil level to prepare and clear soil for proper gardening. Is there a season of the year when this is more convenient to do to prevent regrowth ?

How do you write a combination of y and x on a graph calculator? If you want to calculate y not x in graph.

Hello all. That vertical standing screen prevents sparking ambers (¿is that the word?) from burns reaching wood floors, carpets... Is there a proven 'eye' size that works best ? Does it work as a 'spark arrester' ? And for the heat part; can some screen 'eye' size impede the heat transmission, like a microwave oven does need to block the emission of microwaves ? If it does impede the heat from passing trough, the screen would heat up more and release the heat into the room air, right ?

This thread has been spawned by a discussion I sparked in my thread on system entropy being relative by my use of the English letters Þorn (big: ‘Þ’, small: ‘þ’), which stands for the voiceless dental fricative, and Ðat (uppercase: ‘Ð’, lowercase: ‘ð’), which represents the voiced dental fricative. I meant to talk about physics there, not speech, so I’ve taken the linguistic discussion thence hither. You made some intrysting points in that other thread, so I'll respond to them here. Markus Hanke wrote: I disagree. While I know that Icelandic distinguishes these sounds in phonology and orthography, English effectively doesn’t, so there’s no point in…

Stuff like pictures of a chip under a microscope and such, stuff that shows the physical damage. I know that general consensus is that electronics will be destroyed by an AMP, but I'd like to look up at what point or conditions would a device just need to be rebooted or if it will be unaffected. I'm wondering if work over the years to protect electronics from electrostatic shock would add some form of resistance to them?

I wish to talk about invariance of scale. The complexity theory version of invariance of scale. This phenomenon is intriguing, and I believe that this might be an example of it. Am-i right in my assessment? I also would like to know if there are similarities between the physics and complexity sense of invariance of scale? Hope that I am doing it correctly this time!

I came across on YouTube a channel called 'Fight SCIENCE'. I respect some of the YouTuber's martial art techniques, however he also makes videos based upon deescalation and how to completely avoid violence in the first place by using methods which I personally consider bordering on madness. He makes a video called "what to do if a person with bad intentions stares at you", and he explains that you should look at them in order to let them know that you are not scared by validating them, and then look away because you don't want to be drawn into an ego battle, and this lets the bully know that they are unimportant to you. Link to YT channel removed by moderator …

Hi. From what I learned; sowing a seed from a fruit does not imply the new tree will yield an equal 'quality' fruit as the parent produced. I think the trees that grow from dropped seeds/fruit naturally germinated in the forests fit the same process as above. Is that called 'heirloom' ? Does it mean the naturally germinated trees = heirloom would likely be hundreds of varieties deviating from the parent ? Does it happen on all plants -say beans, onions, strawberries- or is it restricted to some clade/family/genus...? Will fruits from these be all equal or same as their parent if all seeds came from same single fruit?

Hi there, I often see on the news military analysts using phrases like "...a meeting engagement" or "...along the line of contact". I would like to know more about these and similar terms. What subject or type of textbook should I be reading to learn more about this? People will often refer to books like Sun Tsu Art of War etc etc but it isn't really what I am looking for. I think of the Art of War as being strategic principles. They don't actually describe or explain terminology used in battles. As an aside, I also don't understand why the Art of War is often recommended reading. It seems like the principles could be reworded to be clearer and put in a more mod…

Greetings. A plain young single apple tree not supposed to self pollinate; receives in some branches, a few grafts from cuttings of other apple varieties which are good candidates for fruiting. Will it work for pollinating the single tree itself instead of need for a compatible orchard around ? Would it also happen among/between the grafted branches ? Is that called 'cross-pollination' ? Is there a preferred season for grafting ? March ?

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What is real? Real is what we can detect and interpret with our 5 senses, tools and methods enhance the usefulness of our senses... is it real? Well are you able to interpret it?

I'm looking for advice on the most reliable cash handling products for a retail store. Any suggestions?

One of my newest videos. At first I wanted to make educational videos but that did not work out. So I resorted to my cousin Dominic's mockery of the ai voice. I somehow got it to do that. Anyways, I like posting these videos and I was wondering if their is pcycology other than hooks that will grab their attention. Like what can I do to keep them entertained and not swipe away. Anything? I need my channel to grow so I can make a quick buck.

I was wondering. Why do hallucinations happen. I have heard people ay they have seen god (No, this isn't about religion) and I have heard they are other things, Such as dreams or hallucinations. But why do they happen. And is there a way to force it upon yourself? (Lucid dream during the day)

For a long time, it's said bluetooth could cause cancer which is something I don't believe because if that's the case, it should have risen concern by the general public. However, I hope this is not a stupid question. What if a bluetooth device is made very poorly for sake of reducing the cost, or if it is made by an unqualified someone or factory, would it increase the any health risk to the end user? Or that said, is level or amount of radiation emitted relate to the how well the bluetooth is made?

Good day. Done it many different ways year after year, bought seeds, extracted my own, dried, fermented, raw,... would like to know differences when removing the germination impairing gelatinous tissue around the seeds. Fermenting the seeds creates a mold on them that decomposes the germination impairing 'gelatin. Washing later, leaves clean seeds ready to dry them. Now, can that mold residue cause later illness of the growing plant ? Is my method of only brushing the extracted seeds in a sieve producing the same effect ? Also, some occasions seeds were planted before the drying stage. Is drying mandatory ? What differs ?

MIT did a study a while back regarding tailgaiting and traffic jams. I can’t seem to find the actual report, but it appears looking at the graphic that the analysis was confined to a single lane. My hypothesis is that this effect is compounded in a multi-lane scenario, based on my observations driving in DC traffic. An additional source of trouble here may be people that are obligated to change lanes, but have to wait for a gap in traffic, thus slowing down their lane. The tendency of people to try and switch lanes to the faster moving lane may also exacerbate the issue. I would also expect that a sudden unsafe lane change (cutting someone off) could exhibit sim…