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The tallest peak on Earth is Mt.Everest at approx. 29000 feet. Can we have a peak that extends to the exosphere ? Would gravity allow it ?

We could have as many as 11 dimensions as per string theory, 4 are apparent, 7 are tightly curled up. (too small to isolate).

There is no absolute time. It is a frame of reference which serves as the fourth dimension in spacetime.

A functional clone yes a physical one no. Bioengineering can create genetic copies but uncertainty restricts matter duplication.

I think lightning is a highly ionized plasma. Then it's use could be a future possibility.

Yes. In a thermonuclear bomb. Also can a lightning emulator be used as a trigger?

In the light of the Alpha Go challenge there is more likelihood of you losing your job than a threat of nuclear war precipitated by automatons.

Can such a state be non-causal ? Then it would definitely fail in some circumstances.

Depends on the application - using a supercomputer for playing tic tac toe is overkill. I have used my computer in a peer to peer network for the SETI program. For met applications supercomputers are a must.

Bell's theorem ??

A gravitational wave should not affect entanglement, which is an inherent property of the system. This is an example of superluminal communication, which is not restricted by the velocity of the gravitational wave which propagates at the speed of light.

You need a detector to detect the state by superluminal communication. How else can you make sense of the information?

Hacking exploits web related vulnerabilities like passwords, sessions etc. It is designed to steal data and compromise user credentials.

From my rather primitive knowledge of AI - Computers use heuristics and alpha beta pruning as search techniques Neural networks are getting popular The cloud is being combined with neural networks to improve decision making Wonder what the future holds?

It is already being used to power space probes.

The Alps, Urals, Himalayas are good examples.

Focus on OWASP security vulnerabilities and load testing.

Can you have a hot ionized plasma trigger for a thermonuclear reaction, as opposed to the conventional fission reaction ?

How does the recent discovery of gravitational waves presage time travel ?

My hypothesis is based on empirical relations in contemporary social groups.

Being a law abiding citizen is definitely more difficult than being a delinquent because it involves mental discipline. A human in an unevolved state is like a savage highly entropic and indisciplined. With every state of mental and physical discipline the entropic state decreases and the difficulty increases. Being a researcher is less entropic than being a fruit seller and requires much more effort from the subject. Does this reflect an evolutionary pattern of socio-economic development ? Please opine.

To create the right mental attitude involves eustress, a form of stress.

My contention is that the idiosyncrasies of personality manifest themselves in a more tangible way when we are dressed informally. They also reveal stress levels as you mention in the "man hole" illustration. The very fact that you are prompted to dress for the situation reveals an undercurrent of stress, not to mention an occupational hazard. It is a more granular reflection of the inner workings of the mind.

A collateral rather than a direct out come of the angst you have expressed

IMHO informal attire is a better barometer of personality than formal