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Well the problem then is in your lack of acknowledgment of the error. That in and of itself is not the intelligent way to approach correction. I can assure you that your answer to: Is completely wrong. The question deals with the attributes that distinguish contagious bacteria from ones that have attributes that do not make them contagious http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/cms/Pathogenic-Bacteria/bacterial-pathogenicity.html See link for list of virulence factors.

I have nothing against homosexuals and I do consider them equals. If you assumed that I thought otherwise that is. I agree with most everything that has been put forth in support so far.

Well yes, we have been identifying the better of concepts for the last 400 years or so, and applying them as needed. I think the term "hybrid" is a good description of the system we now enjoy. It does present some shortcomings though (as seen by economic turmoil). I think the best we can do is learn from nature and adapt to our environment. Quit holding on to ancient traditions and apply what we know will work in the long-run. I think it's safe to say that socialism and capitalism both present tremendous benefits if applied in the correct situation. And applied by the correct people Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged I will admit that the first section was somewhat humorous. The reason I hope that is not your argument against the free-market system is because: For one it is a youtube video of two morons throwing fireworks out the back window of a moving bus. Also because it did not provide any information or references to the statements that were being made by the individuals. But mostly for the latter reason.

I can empathize with why it may have came off that way, but in no way was I defending bigotry in any form (Even if it is born out of ignorance). The relevance I suppose was in correlation to the definition of what a bigot actually is and some examples of what might be considered bigotry but is really not. I do not choose to defend someone who is intolerant of someone else for trivial reasons. Bigotry and hate have no place in an advanced society like our own. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedHere's a perfectly good example of what bigotry actually is. http://famguardian.org/Subjects/SexualImmorality/Homosexuality/Queers.htm You notice how the hate is being rationalized by use of a certain manuscript? Thing is I know people who apply these words to their own life...It's sad. Better word...it's devastating.

When did I once say..That a child's innocence has anything to do with gay marriage? Seriously? I was talking about bigotry and using children as an example of what might be presumed as bigotry when in actuality is motivated by factors other than intolerance. i.e. What bigotry actually is. In fact I didn't even mention my stance on gay marriage. And I did so purposely because I knew that something exactly like this would happen. You assumed that I oppose it, because I didn't agree with the OP's definition of the word "bigot."

Is that your stance on the debate? I certainly hope not.

Wow. DNA would have to subject to natural selection. It isn't found amongst the inorganic molecules of the universe. So do you think that maybe there are a different set of rules by which DNA might have evolved? That would be something interesting to discover wouldn't it? How much research has actually been done in regards to how DNA evolved?

Yes bigotry is the awareness that you are commiting the action of- A young child may not even be aware of what group he "falls" into. Therefore a child cannot know all the differences between their own group and "theirs." The child was taught from an early age to not like a specific individual for whatever reason. A false idea the child may have learned from their parents about a specific group or belief could be the predominating factor in this child's intolerance. It is an opinion of mine that young children are not capable of bigotry or complete and utter hate.

That makes sense. I have another question though. If DNA evolved the way we understand it, and DNA is itself subject to the laws of natural selection and mutations are really just mistakes on the proof-reading RNA molecules part, wouldn't the DNA that makes the least amount of mistakes in reproduction be the one that is chose by natural selection? Or is it a useful mistake? I'm still trying to understand- Complexity vs Efficiency in reproduction.

All of those are possible. I was able to find some copper washers and galvanized washers I will integrate in future attempts. Has anyone been able to identify a better electrolyte solution than salt water? I've heard of people using vinegar. What is something that would present a higher acidity than vinegar?

First let me say this I wasn't positing it as direct evidence. There is not evidence to back up such a statement. It was more of an opinion I just didn't label it properly. Even if I had provided "who" statement, wouldn't that be more of an appeal to authority than actual logical reasoning? I'm sure you would have attacked me on that point as well. That's why I chose to distill it that way. What if I had decided to say my Grandmother says that? You'd most likely scoff, but what if I told you my grandmother has a PhD in economics?< (This is an example- she doesn't in reality) See: Argument from authority The article itself was more for providing more information on the subject for anyone who did not understand the definition of what socialism actually is. At least from an academic standpoint. It was not meant to superimpose my own thoughts or whatever. Yes, but that does not rationalize many of the underlying concepts that make up communism and/or socialism to any degree (Which was my whole point). My statement on such was more of a reference to the difference in how power is attained in such forms of government. It was a reference supported by general observation and research into that area, nonetheless it was still an opinion. Let me say this again so no one gets confused. My statements on socialism were opinions drawn from portions of the provided wiki articles, and from other material I have read in the past. The article pertaining to "wiki-socialism" was for definition purposes. Anyone who has a different opinion is more than welcome to argue why socialism is a better form of economic organization than the free-market system. I will gladly join in discussion on that topic. You drew a false conclusion and decided that the statement I said subsequently was for reference to the article I provided on "wiki-socialism" See link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism#Criticism Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged Well unfortunately I can't help you in that regard. I will however attempt to provide relevant resources pertaining to the discussion at hand and will attempt to keep personal opinions out of the court. The article was provided for definition purposes. The statement was a personal opinion drawn from reading the said article. Can I make it any clearer? Different perspectives are bound to hold different opinions after reading the article. That is OK. And it's good you trust someone's opinion on certain issues. But when it comes to something like this, it's more befitting to rely on relevant resources. At least most of the time when such resources are provided, which to a certain extent I failed to do. Apologies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism It's been said that the only real difference in communism and socialism is: Control of the government is attained by force in a communist society. Control of the government is attained by politics in a socialist society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem There is literally TONS of resources as to why socialism in not an efficient economic system. I think I'll keep my free market system and this democracy we have. Although if you would prefer socialism you could always move to The People's Republic of China. I hear they are in constant need of scientists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China

Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics by Amir D. Aczel Great read, can't put it down. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged And this is superposition? But wouldn't you get it wrong and right every time? How would someone even determine the exact state of a quantum system in the first place? In a nutshell how does quantum teleportation work?

Actually I'm reading a book on Entanglement currently. (Very interesting) There seems to be many applications, if we could understand entanglement. I know the author cited teleportation as a potential appliance. Here's what I've been thinking about. Since we will most likely develop teleportation before we develop FTL technology. Getting across the universe would be as simple as shooting a beam of electrons to the point of interest I guess, and using our powers of teleportatioin to "move" to that position. Just an idea, would something like that really work?

Well I managed to get my volt meter. I've actually been thinking about that, maybe I could find some copper washers or something at a hardware store. Or maybe I could get a sheet of copper foil and make little diskettes, if I wanted to go all out that is.

Well I'm not exactly sure if its the reverse polarity, it may well be. I'm assuming based off of what insane_alien has said and looking at other tutorials that the author of the eHow article (The tutorial I was using last night) meant to say copper, soaked paper towel, zinc. Because I sure as heck couldn't get it to work using the method: copper, zinc, soaked paper towel. It makes much more sense if the soaked paper towel is between the two metals... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElectrochemCell.png In the image the the two half-cells are linked by a 'salt bridge separator.' This allows for the transfer of ions but not water molecules, thus you have electricity.... Haha...I learned something!

I'm a moron. I think what I did was instead of alternating like this :copper, soaked paper, nickle. I did this: Copper, nickle, soaked paper... Duh! hahaha...I don't have much experience in electronics and that sort of thing. You'll hafta excuse my stupidty..

That's makes alot more sense.... specifically- So again what exactly is the function of natural selection? Is it to- get as much genetic material out there as possible? Or is it to get as much variation in that genetic material as possible? I guess it would be both wouldn't it?

Probably so. Most likely didn't absorb the water very well. Oh yes, I forgot about that. The author of the tutorial used zinc washers. I chose to use nickles instead, I had read other tutorials in which they used pennies and nickles so I assumed it would work fine.. Back to the drawing board...haha Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged I watched a video on it and they didn't use anything to connect the metals, just laid them on top of each other, and they still got voltage! Made it look so easy...here: I need better metals, and maybe lay them on some sort of conductor. Would that help?

How come we aren't immortal then? ^ That probably sounds condescending. What I meant was, why are some organisms such as...the Hydra and some jellyfish biologically immortal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality What impedes us (and most other organisms)? When we lived in the trees, it was predators. When we didn't have germ theory is was microorganisms. Now that we can live to be 80 and beyond it is our own bodies degenerating. By the way I'm reading Origin of the species (again). It's amazing how much one can miss the first time around.

I understand that they are not aware of anything really. I read a thing recently that explained to some extent why humans are not immortal (it was by a neurosurgeon I think). It's because our genetics limit us. We are born to fail. If things like cancer and other diseases didn't take us what would? We have no predators so our own bodies are responsible for deactivating us. We have just enough time to get our genetic material out there and then we die.. How is it that natures "knows" (wrong word) that we need to die or we would overpopulate and use all the resources? Say we lived in an environment where resources were everlastingly abundant (speculation here) would natural selection one day decide to make us immortal because there was no danger to overpopulation and starvation? Maybe even increase the longevity of our race? Why is it some animals, like turtles and humans, can live so much longer than other organisms? Where does natural selection come into play here?

Okay so last night I was working on a simple voltaic pile or battery. I thought it would be neat to build it and see how much I could increase the voltage. It did not work to well.. First off my voltmeter is not with me currently but after this weekend I will have one, so if it was producing DC voltage, I was not aware of it. My measurement apparatus was a simple 2v lightbulb with two leads, I tested it and it works with a regular batter. The glow with the energizer battery was very dim, but that makes sense because the battery was only 1.5v. Anyways, I had all the required supplies for building a voltaic battery, I'm trying to figure out what I did wrong. Here's a list of supplies... *Half a cup of very salty water (the electrolyte solution- later I added a bit of vinegar with no luck) *Pieces of regular paper cut into circles the size of pennies to absorb the solution *Two pieces of insulated copper wire, each about six inches long (Maybe the wire was bad?) *Wire stripper, knife, and scissors *Duct tape *Six Pennies and Six Nickles (First I tried dimes but the tutorial I was using said to use nickels- Although varying metals work apparently) * 'Light volt-meter' thing which is not actually a 'meter' just a light with two leads I think that's about it.. Here's the tutorial I used which is from http://www.eHow.com 1. Dissolve as much salt as you can into the hot water. Soak the pieces of paper towel in the salt water solution. 2. Strip the ends of the insulated copper wires. Tape the end of one wire to the side of a penny. Tape one end of the other wire to a zinc washer (or a nickel). These will be put on the top and bottom of your stack. It does not matter which goes on which end as long as the wires are on the outside of the stack. 3. Stack the coins and paper towels in alternating layers like this: copper, zinc washer, paper towel, copper, zinc washer, paper towel, etc. Start with one of your taped coins or a zinc washer and end with the other. You may blot the paper towel pieces a bit before stacking them, but make sure that they do not dry out. 4. Put the free ends of the wires on the leads of the LED light. If it does not light, you may want to check your apparatus to make sure everything is in place correctly. You may also want to add a few more coins to the stack to make it longer. 5. Try using a volt meter set on DC voltage to measure how much electricity is being produced by your voltaic pile. http://www.ehow.com/how_2304036_make-voltaic-pile.html I followed these instructions to the letter, Now I'm pretty sure I was creating voltage but I'm not sure how much. I think what it may have been what that I didn't make a large enough pile. Anyone else have experience with this sort of thing? Any suggestions? Variations?

I've been wondering lately: Has it ever been postulated if perhaps certain forms or maybe even all forms of microorganisms were 'engineered' by nature to help keep populations under control? Seems a bit far fetched, but what if, that is their sole purpose? I mean when we talk about ecosystems, we talk about certain organisms having specific niches right? That's one reason we get so out wack when a species becomes extinct, because we are not aware of what function or 'purpose' it played in the larger ecosystem. Right? Hypothesis: Microorganisms have their requirements for survival met by performing the function of keeping population under control (and possibly varying other jobs). I mean we talk about certain environmental factors being an example of natural selection. Are organisms apart of that? Can someone please explain?