DrKrettin

The eggs which our chickens lay have shells of a colour which corresponds to their feather colouring. My wife argues that this is totally natural, but considering that she has almost zero knowledge of biology, and we do not have a statistically significant number of chickens (two, to be precise) I was wondering whether there is a known connection. In isolation, I would dismiss this as coincidence. But one oddity is that our resident lizards gallotia galloti are striking in that the males have large blue spots on the sides of their bodies (which are brighter in ultraviolet) and behold - their eggs have a couple of blue spots as well. Another coincidence?

Yes, I can, but it is full of amateurs not skilled in statistical analysis and genetics, so you would not like it.

Which translation into English are you reading?

That is the only meaningful statement I can detect in your blurb, and it is incorrect, at least in the environment of a science forum. Which is where this is, in case you hadn't noticed.

I don't think Halley's comet is a good example. (not wanting to go off-topic)

I suspect there is a huge gap in India between the theoretical legal rights and the rights dictated by social norms in society, especially with respect to women. I don't have any figures, but I understand that India is by far the worst place in the world to be a woman, from the point of view of physical safety from abuse of all kinds. Until this problem is addressed, which affects almost 50% of the population, I can't see much point in worrying much about a tiny minority.

It was in response to your suggestion that it would be an insult to the American people to infer that stupidity played a part. If you think that this choice was devoid of stupidity, then frankly I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Hear hear. They voted for an unstable ignorant narcissistic bigot, a sexual predator and compulsive liar. How on earth could stupidity be involved? What an insult to suggest that.

Chomski is on record as saying that voting Trump as president signals the end of our species. Devastating news, and an insight into what the majority of Americans think - if that is the right verb to use.

It doesn't happen when I do it. *scatches head*

Look: the principle is that when you have A = B then you can perform the same operation on both sides and the statement is still true. By that I mean you can multiply both sides by 19/3 So -8.19/3 = 3/19 n . 19/3 I did that because that makes the numbers on the RHS cancel out, giving -152/3 = n. Easy Edit - cross-posting with Strange, as usual

I for one fail totally to understand the explanation in the pdf file. Either it's me being thick, or it is not an explanation, or both.

*SIGH* I don't know what on earth you are talking about. I am not the owner or manager or moderator on any forum in the universe. I can't express this in a simpler way, and I'm sorry if you don't understand my English. I repeat: you accuse me of using disgusting words. Give me evidence for these words, and I shall apologise. Otherwise, can we move on to something remotely interesting?

What are you talking about? I DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE

In case this information is of any use to you, a patent application to the European Patent Office (EPO) costs about €2000 for the initial application. A far cheaper method (about €100) would be to apply to a member state of the EPO convention which accepts patents in English, but then you might have the problem of disclosure. The total cost of a secure PCT application from the EPO, including attorney's fees etc. is about €5000. The patent has to be written in English, German or French. Cross-posted with the above, which is quite amusing. Please show me any disgusting words which I have used anywhere on this forum, and I shall apologise for them.

My comments have been restricted entirely to your language ability in English. My English is far better than yours, but as it is my native language, this is hardly a marker of my intelligence or how I rate my intelligence. You may be intelligent, you may not - I can't possibly know until you write something comprehensible. If you genuinely think that your English is good, then I think you have a problem with reality.

That is part of your problem. Your written English is not good - most of what you write here is incomprehensible. The paragraph following what I quote has more errors in it than words. If you feel insulted by a statement of fact, then that is part of your problem as well.

If I remember correctly, somebody here offered to read the manuscript and correct any faults, but you refused this. Is that correct?

I offer a sincere and unreserved apology and hope that no offence was taken. But the reality is that your English is almost incomprehensible. That is not being rude, it is being realistic.

I'm sorry to say that although your English is much better than my Turkish, it really is of a standard which makes it virtually impossible to make much sense. You can't submit papers like that and expect any success, if your post is anything to judge from.

That is rather harsh, I don't really see why it should be in the same category as, say, astrology. On the above definition of science, wouldn't the theory of evolution also qualify as pseudoscience?

Wow - that is amazing and a true demonstration of Christ's signature in the bible. Just a trivial question: Given that the bible was written partly in Hebrew and partly in Greek, why do these remarkable signatures turn up in English? Do they turn up in the original languages? If not, why not?

I guess this topic should have its own thread. My own view is that not many people have any kind of political opinion, and most that do have one are badly informed anyway. If you force people to vote, then you include half the population who would vote on entirely spurious criteria, and it would devalue the democratic process which is already devalued enough.

I suggest you open your mind to the difficulty in obtaining 100-year-old parchment which was previously unused. Not impossible, but highly unlikely. Why would he do that anyway? Anticipating 15th century carbon dating? You still have not responded to my question about what his son said: "In addition, Dee stated that he had 630 ducats in October 1586, and his son noted that Dee, while in Bohemia, owned “a booke…containing nothing butt Hieroglyphicks, which booke his father bestowed much time upon: but I could not heare that hee could make it out.” " This strongly suggests that even his own son thought that his father could not decipher the manuscript, i.e. he did not write it.

A woman's inability. Absolutely concrete. (I don't care if that is sexist)